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Kigali Amendment
September 29 , 2022
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- The US Senate approved an international climate treaty for the first time in 30 years.
- This pact deals to phase out of the use of planet-warming industrial chemicals commonly found in refrigerators and air-conditioners.
- The Kigali agreement is a 2016 amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a landmark treaty to protect Earth’s ozone layer.
- Now, the United States joined the 2016 Kigali Amendment, along with 137 other nations that have agreed to sharply reduce the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs.
- The chemicals are potent greenhouse gases, warming the planet with 1,000 times the heat-trapping strength of carbon dioxide.
- If the Kigali pact is successfully implemented, scientists estimate it would prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius, or roughly 1 degree Fahrenheit, of warming by the end of this century.
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