HFC phasedown can cut 100bn tonnes of greenhouse gases by 2050: DuPont
Chemical giant behind HFC replacement chemicals says progress through the Montreal Protocol could represent huge climate change action
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Environmental Investigation Agency says new EU standards can raise ambition in developing world and cut effects of rapid rise in global air conditioning and refrigerant use
Arctic ministers urge swift climate action to protect region
Ministers from Canada, Russia and US join call to tackle black carbon and methane emissions to reduce short term warming
Black carbon could impact atmospheric warming less than previously thought, say researchers
New study questions assumption that tackling black carbon, i.e. soot, could bring relatively quick gains to efforts to combat climate change.
Nordic nations sign non-CO2 emissions pact
Nordic environment ministers have signed a declaration to increase efforts on reducing non-CO2 emissions.