India's journey towards sustainable cooling
Sustainability, for long, has been at the core of Indian lifestyle and its indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices have played a crucial role in helping people be informed and make environmentally
Montreal Protocol
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Paris Talks: Laws help enforce some environmental treaties- but not on climate change
OSLO: If and when a global deal to curb climate change is done in Paris this December, the matter of enforcement is likely to be left not to sanctions but to peer pressure. While legally enforceable
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Javadekar stresses on research to combat climate change
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that the challenge of climate change can be overcome with technology and research. "If human intervention has caused climate change, with human
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Ozone Layer Being Restored
A sapling was gifted to every speaker on the dias at the inaugural function of state-level observation of International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan,
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Ozone-depleting substances 2014
Europe continues to make progress in phasing out chemicals which damage the ozone layer according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report considers the use of more than 200
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CSIR-IICT develops hydrofluorocarbons manfacture technology to reduce global warming by refrigerators
HYDERABAD: A technology to manufacture hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigeration systems as a coolant to reduce global warming is ready to be transferred to the industry by the CSIR-Indian Institute of
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Zimbabwe: Porous Borders Fuel Influx of Ozone-Depleting Substances
Government is currently struggling to control the ODS because of its porous borders. AN unprecedented influx of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) could see Zimbabwe miss the United Nations 2030 deadline
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China’s role in global HFC emissions matters for phase-down proposals
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are potent greenhouse gases. As HFCs have emerged as the pre-dominant alternative to ozone depleting substances, discussions are underway between the representatives of different
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India's proposal to amend Montreal protocol is unambitious: CSE
Terming India's proposal to amend the Montreal protocol as "unambitious", the Delhi-based green body CSE released a proposal that allows cutting of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) consumption by 82 per cent.
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India's proposal on hydrofluorocarbon will reduce emissions to 64% by 2050'
India's amendment proposal to the Montreal Protocol for curbing green house gas emissions will help reduce the level of hydrofluorocarbon, one of the key pollutant gases, up to 64 per cent by 2050, a policy
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How Arctic ozone hole was avoided by Montreal Protocol
The Antarctic ozone hole would have been 40% bigger by now if ozone-depleting chemicals had not been banned in the 1980s, according to research. Models also show that at certain times, a large hole would