India's journey towards sustainable cooling
Sustainability, for long, has been at the core of Indian lifestyle and its indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices have played a crucial role in helping people be informed and make environmentally
Montreal Protocol
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India's negotiating position on Montreal Protocol for protection of ozone layer in Rwanda approved
The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the negotiating position adopted by the Government of India at the recent Meeting of Parties (MoP) to the Montreal Protocol of the Vienna Convention
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Climate change discussions on finance likely to dominate meetings in Marrakesh
The results of the November 8 polls could have profound implications for the global architecture on climate change, given the publicly stated position of Republican candidate Donald Trump on this issue.
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Climate change: India pulled off a coup at Kigali; here’s how
It achieved most of its goals with the legally-binding HFC phase-down agreement One of the reasons that make the recently-concluded climate conference in Kigali, Rwanda, notable is that 197 countries
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Simply put: Why Rwanda HFC agreement is a big deal, how it happened
The world wants to ensure that the continuing rise in Earth’s average temperatures, as a result of global warming, doesn’t go beyond 2 degrees Celsius compared to average temperatures in pre-industrial
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Emissions of carbon tetrachloride from Europe
<p>Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is a long-lived radiatively active compound with the ability to destroy stratospheric ozone. Due to its inclusion in the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
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Historic deal reached to cut fastest growing greenhouse gases
In a landmark step to combat climate change, about 200 nations, including India, today struck a legally-binding deal after intense negotiations to phase down climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons that have
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Kigali: Deal on cutting HFC gases is second big step on climate in a year
The amendment will allow the use of ozone-saving Montreal Protocol to phase-out HFCs, a set of 19 gases in the hydroflurocarbon family that are used extensively in the air-conditioning and refrigeration
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Environmentalists and climate experts applaud India's leadership in HFC pact
Climate experts and environmentalists from across the globe not only welcomed the HFCs phase down deal, reached at Kigali in Rwanda on Saturday, but also singled out India for its exemplary role of showing
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India to ban release of potent greenhouse gas
The Kigali talks will also discuss the years by which the developing and developed countries will cap HFC emissions. Environment Minister Anil Dave has said India will no longer permit the release of
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World needs to draw inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi to fight climate change: UNEP chief
A passionate appeal to emulate Mahatma Gandhi’s life and thoughts in the global fight against climate change marked the beginning of the ministerial segment of the Kigali meeting of the Montreal Protocol