Reducing Hydrofluorocarbons via the Montreal Protocol is the most significant climate action the world can take this year - UNEP

Reducing Hydrofluorocarbons via the Montreal Protocol is the most significant climate action the world can take this year - UNEP

Vienna, July 22, 2016 - Ministers and high-level representatives of 25 countries today backed the adoption of an ambitious amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase-down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases.

The Ministers and high-level representatives of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) are convinced that stopping the fast growth of HFCs and finding alternatives to them is one of the best opportunities to reduce short lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), and make a major contribution to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.