Air conditioning units in buildings in Shenyang, China (often use HFC gas)
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Emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas released as a byproduct of refrigerant production are far higher than government reports, suggesting a global agreement to eradicate such emissions is failing. There is.
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, signed in 2016, committed more than 160 countries to doing their best to eliminate emissions of HFC-23, a gas with a warming potential 14,700 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Data provided by the government suggests that emissions have fallen further…
