Sentences with phrase «production of hydrofluorocarbons»

This text amends previous legilsations to: implement Australia's commitment to phase - down import, export and production of hydrofluorocarbons from 1 January 2018, in advance of the global...

The Kigali Amendment will come into force on January 1, 2019, and countries around the world will need to start cutting their consumption and production of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCS)-- potent greenhouse gases used in cooling and refrigeration.

The work of the initiative therefore creates a direct intersect between three internationally agreed goals for the first time: the Paris Climate Agreement; the Sustainable Development Goals; and the Montreal Protocol's Kigali Amendment * — with one of the key goals of the amendment to limit consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a potent greenhouse gas used widely in air conditioners and refrigerators.

For the first time, the United States and China will work together and with other countries to use the expertise and institutions of the Montreal Protocol to phase down the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), among other forms of multilateral cooperation.

«Adopting an ambitious amendment to phase down the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons — or HFCs — is likely the single most important step that we could take at this moment to limit the warming of our planet,» Secretary of State John Kerry said in Kigali, in remarks before the passage of the agreement.

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They agreed to endorse the World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring initiative to reduce wasteful burning of natural gas at production fields, and to reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are industrial gases with a high potential to trap the earth's heat.

Kigali, Rwanda — Parties to the Montreal Protocol are expected to adopt an historic global agreement mandating controls on hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) consumption and production after eight years of protracted negotiations.

Additionally, the seven member countries of the Arctic Council «[urged] the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to take action as soon as possible... to phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons, which contribute to the warming of the Arctic region.»

In October 2016, the Parties to the Montreal Protocol adopted the Kigali Amendment on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which commits the world's nations to significantly reduce consumption and production of HFCs.