Sentences with phrase «phase down climate»
The amendment to the Montreal Protocol phasing down heat - trapping hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which was adopted in the early hours of Saturday in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, is in part the result of 7 1/2 years of lobbying and maneuvering by the Obama administration, environmental advocacy community and U.S. industry bent on using the ozone treaty to phase down the climate - forcing chemicals.
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Enhance Cooperation on Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs): Building on the historic Sunnylands agreement between President Xi and President Obama regarding HFCs, the United States and China will enhance bilateral cooperation to begin phasing down the use of high global warming potential HFCs, including through technical cooperation on domestic measures to promote HFC alternatives and to transition government procurement toward climate - friendly refrigerants.
As Parties to Montreal Protocol negotiate a global agreement for an HFC phase - down this year, several safety standards and building codes are threatening to limit the climate ambition and effectiveness of this agreement by blocking the uptake of low global warming potential (GWP), energy efficient alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)- based cooling around the world.
Vulnerable countries do not have time to wait, the climate is changing fast and phasing down HFCs is something which we absolutely must do if we're going to honour the pledges of the Paris Agreement.
Developed countries need to lead on setting an ambitious phase - down schedule of HFCs so as to commercialise climate - friendly alternatives, make them competitive and build confidence for developing countries to transition.
15 October, Kigali: Climate Action Network welcomes the outcome reached in Kigali under the Montreal Protocol to phase down «super greenhouse gases» known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
In the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol adopted in 2016, parties agreed to phase - down hydrofluorocarbons, the fastest growing climate pollutants.
More resources: Ozone Secretariat CAN Briefing Paper: Achieving an ambitious outcome on HFC Phasedown under the Montreal Protocol in 2016 (Climate Action Network International) Momentum growing for HFC agreement as Vienna talks kick - off (Natural Resources Defense Council) Primer on HFCs (Institute of Governance and Sustainable Development) The importance of ambition in the 2016 HFC phase - down agreement (Environmental Investigation Agency)
A top - down climate effect that shows long - term drift (and may also be out of phase with the bottom - up solar forcing) would change the spatial response patterns and would mean that climate - chemistry models that have sufficient resolution in the stratosphere would become very important for making accurate regional / seasonal climate predictions.
As researchers concluded in a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, ocean iron fertilization can only prove successful as a climate geoengineering approach if, in addition to phytoplankton bloom stimulation, «a proportion of the particulate organic carbon (POC) produced must sink down the water column and reach the main thermocline or deeper before being remineralized... and the third phase is long - term sequestration of the carbon at depth out of contact with the atmosphere.»
It is this spirit that has seen countries like Germany achieve a 59 % renewable energy peak last month, President Obama start to turn the tide on previous US inaction by launching a new Climate Action Plan that includes action to begin the phase down of coal power, and China's statement last week that it intends to usher in stronger emissions reductions in its next Five Year Plan, due in 2015.
This could help explain the slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) from 2006 onwards, but regardless, the slow down of the AMOC might help shift the climate system back toward the positive IPO phase.
Fortunately, HFC - free technologies are available to enable a phase - down of HFCs and replace these dangerous, climate - damaging chemicals.
We show in «The Case for Young People» that it is probably feasible to avoid dangerous climate tipping points, but only if conventional fossil fuel emissions are phased down rapidly and UFFs are left in the ground.
EIA's Climate Campaign focuses on international and domestic policies to phase - down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)- potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) used primarily in refrigeration, air conditioning, and foam applications.
EIA's Climate Campaign has released a new report, Pathway to Adoption of a Global HFC Phase - Down in 2016, to the 37th Meeting of the Open - Ended Working Group of Parties to the...
At the 36th OEWG, Parties have four amendment proposals to consider for negotiating a deal on a global phase - down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); HFCs are a group of potent greenhouse gases used mainly in refrigeration and air - conditioning, with climate impacts hundreds to thousands of times higher than CO2.
In the build - up to 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol launched formal negotiations on one of the largest, fastest and most cost - effective global climate mitigation measures available — the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol launched formal negotiations on one of the largest, fastest and most cost - effective global climate mitigation measures available — the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons climate mitigation measures available — the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
This cooperation includes technical and policy exchanges on the development of fuel efficiency standards for trucks and buses, continued progress towards implementation of CCUS projects with the selection of a project site in China as the large - scale CCUS demonstration project announced last November, cooperation on reducing HFCs, including private sector commitments to promote climate - friendly alternatives to HFCs, and continued support for phasing down HFCs through the Montreal Protocol, and additional cooperation on direct mitigation efforts across multiple other sectors.
The climate benefits of an HFC phase down would be equivalent to mitigating 100 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050!
An amendment to the Montreal Protocol phasing down these gases will lead to significant near - term climate change mitigation.
In order to move an HFC phase down forward, the Montreal Protocol has planned for a two - day technical workshop in April with a focus on HFCs, including alternatives for HFCs in air conditioning in hotter climates.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014: The tabling of national climate action commitments by the world's two major polluters, the US and China, adds welcome momentum to what will amount to our first steps in unison down a low carbon development pathway that brings us closer to a phase out fossil fuel pollution in favour of 100 % renewable energy.
ECO was pleased to wake up Sunday to the news that Presidents Obama and Xi had agreed to work together to combat climate change by phasing down the super greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), under the Montreal Protocol.
Governments must start creating an atmosphere of winning at these climate negotiations, stop listening to a narrow group of corporate interests, and start with a big win — agreeing to phase down HFCs under the Montreal Protocol.
For example, La Niña winters tend towards a stronger polar vortex and the positive phase of the NAO, but if the polar vortex breaks down (which it's done many times during La Niña winters; Butler & Polvani 2011) it will push the climate towards a negative NAO pattern, and the two effects tend to cancel over the season.
The HFC phase - down will help slow climate change and sea level rise, as well as prevent the world from reaching irreversible climatic «tipping points.»
«If the largest consumers of HFCs are agreeing to phase down these potent greenhouse gases, other countries should join the consensus and take real action to combat climate change.»
By summarizing HFC - free technology in different climates and regions, this report demonstrates that phasing - down HFC consumption on a global scale is now possible.»
It also will lead to a phase - down of the «super» greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are hundreds and thousands of times more damaging to the global climate than carbon dioxide.
With President Obama's Climate Action Plan specifically targeting HFCs, and proposed EPA regulations focusing on phasing - down certain HFCs, the U.S. market for HFC - free technology is poised for rampant growth.»
The HFC phase down would make a crucial contribution to the current global mitigation efforts that fall short of what is needed to curb climate change to a level considered safe by scientists.
With climate regulations being passed in the EU, United States, and Japan, and an imminent international phase - down of HFCs, HFC - free technologies are the one - stop solution.
The phase - down of HFCs is the largest, fastest and most cost - effective climate mitigation option currently available.
Fortunately, commercially available, climate friendly alternatives exist for most of their uses and others are expected to become available during the period of the phase - down.
Since that proposal, other parties have made statements in support, Nauru calling for a decision on an HFC phase - down in Warsaw, Mexico calling for swift action on HFCs, and New Zealand arguing that movement on HFCs is a catalyst for action to combat climate change on a broader level.
Since HFCs are hundreds and thousands of times more damaging to the global climate than carbon dioxide, more than 100 countries, including the United States, support an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase - down HFCs.
David Doniger, director of NRDC's Climate and Clean Air program, writes, «NRDC estimates that the agreed HFC phase - down will avoid the equivalent of more than 80 billion tons of CO2 over the next 35 years.»
With concerted effort, the United States and China can work with the 111 countries already committed to a phase - down under the Montreal Protocol, to slow climate change and sea level rise, as well as prevent the world from reaching irreversible climatic «tipping points.»
The level of climate ambition in the agreed HFC phase - down will be crucial in determining whether or not Montreal Protocol passes the test.
Order Defendants to prepare and implement an enforceable national remedial plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions and draw down excess atmospheric CO2 so as to stabilize the climate system and protect the vital resources on which Plaintiffs now and in the future will depend...
This paper by NRDC, CEEW and IGSD explores the energy efficiency and power sector benefits of air conditioning companies in India to «leapfrog» and phase down unsustainable technologies based on chemicals like HFCs with high Global warming potential and move to a future based on climate - friendly and energy - efficient refrigerants.