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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Kerry reaches Kigali to strike deal to phase out super-greenhouse gases
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday reached Kigali in Rwanda where he will attend the 28th Montreal Protocol meeting on the last day on Friday. "US Secretary of State John Kerry will aim to
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India takes a significant step to control emission from climate-damaging refrigerants,makes producers fall in line
Stepping up its climate action voluntarily, India on Thursday made it mandatory for manufacturing companies to control emission of the climate-damaging refrigerant through technological intervention and
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Countries set to reduce differences in Kigali to reach HFCs phase down schedule
Negotiations to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase-down the climate-damaging refrigerant HFCs entered a critical stage on Wednesday as nearly 40 ministers, including India's environment minister Anil
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China important factor in determining climate benefits: CSE
China is the single most important factor in determining climate benefits with the phasing out of heat-trapping organic compounds -- hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) -- and replacing them with climate-friendly
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India’s flexibility on HFC phase-down to aid climate gains
Supporting India’s proposal of advancing its baseline to 2024-26 for phasing down Hydrofluorocarbons, a leading advocacy group from the country today said the flexibility shown by India at the Conference
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Green groups call for deal to cut down super pollutants
Environmental groups on Wednesday urged world leaders to come together for an ambitious deal to cut down heat-trapping super pollutants like hydrofluorocarbons and reaffirm their Paris commitment to take
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India plays crucial role in Montreal Protocol talks
India on Tuesday played a crucial role in the ongoing negotiations on the Montreal Protocol by favouring two baseline years for bringing down the consumption of HFC by the developing countries — provided
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28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, Kigali (Rwanda), October 12, 2016
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India puts forth surprise proposal to tackle Hydroflurocarbons
India had earlier proposed baseline for developing countries as average consumption of HFCs in year 2028, 2029 and 2030 and Freeze year of 2031. India has come up with a surprise proposal to increase
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At Rwanda, India to help seal global climate deal on refrigeration gases
Cost of transition for India could go up to $38.1 bn On Monday, another round of Montreal Protocol talks will kick off in Kigali, Rwanda, with 191 countries negotiating a global deal to replace heat-trapping