“Climate change is happening – and it is happening quicker than most of us ever anticipated”, Kerry said.
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They are used primarily as refrigerants in appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners.
Kerry said, “What you are doing here right now is of equal importance, because it has the ability literally to save life on this planet”.
Parties to the Montreal Protocol made significant progress on agreeing to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in a series of back-to-back meetings in Vienna this week, raising expectations that a global agreement to address the super greenhouse gases can be adopted this year.
India’s pitch for linking the developed and developing nations on reducing Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) has garnered mixed response from experts with some calling it a good proposal while others describing it as a window of opportunity for increasing their usage.
In the annals of mewling idiocy emanating from Foggy Bottom, Secretary of State John Kerry must be given pride of place. Even though the hole in the ozone layer that prompted the Montreal Protocol has shrunk significantly since the bans were implemented, Kerry wants developed nations to do more to protect the entire environment. Since an HFC amendment is the single biggest step the world can take to deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement to hold warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, the Administration will remain committed to working with all Parties to complete these negotiations in Kigali. She also attended the conference in Vienna. First, The Washington Post published an article ridiculing “America’s love affair with air-conditioning”.
The main objective of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol is to assist developing country parties to the Montreal Protocol whose annual per capita consumption and production of ozone depleting substances (ODS) is less than 0.3 kg to comply with the control measures of the Protocol. Now, if that sounds like a lot, my friends, it’s because it is. According to Kerry, the Montreal Protocol not only improved the ozone layer, it created jobs and brought forth economic benefits.
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The current discussions regarding amending the protocol are integral to Obama’s anti-global warming agenda, something with which the president has worked closely with John Kerry.
