WASHINGTON, D.C. – The biggest news this year for climate protection could come this week when delegates from around the world meet in Port Ghalib, Egypt to weigh action on phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Used primarily in the world’s more than 4 billion refrigerators and air conditioners, soaring HFC use threatens to negate efforts to […]
Over the last 21 years global implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) as successfully phased out the consumption and production of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) by 95% in developed countries and 50-75% of the ODS in developing countries. Since most ODS are “super” greenhouse gases (GHG) with global […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States joined with Canada and Mexico today in formally supporting a proposal to curtail production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). In materials released by the U.S. State Department, the three nations detailed a schedule that if adopted will authorize the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to limit and ratchet down international […]
Les troubles politiques à Madagascar en février et mars 2009 et l’atmosphère d’instabilité politique qui s’en est suivie ont affaibli une autorité d’État déjà inefficace en termes d’application de la loi forestière et de réforme du secteur forestier. Jusqu’à présent, le résultat a été une anarchie générale et, concrètement, un accès non contrôlé aux ressources […]
In the period since February 2009, a dramatic increase in the felling and cutting of rosewood has been reported in the SAVA Region of north-east Madagascar. As a result, several investigative missions have been sent into the region to gather evidence of these activities. These missions have been organised by the Malagasy Forestry Administration, the […]
The global implementation of Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer over the last 21 years has successfully phased out the consumption and production of ozone-depleting substances by 97%. Since most ODS are “super” greenhouse gases with global warming potentials hundreds or thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide, this phase-out has had […]