CFCs

Healing the ozone layer through diplomacy

The Montreal Protocol shows what is possible when science, diplomacy, and business cooperate to implement international environmental agreements. When the people became aware of a hole in the ozone layer

The ozone threat

Alternatives to banned ozone depleting substances may jeopardise the effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol
- 14/10/2001
- UNEP
THE UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recently launched the first ever online halon trading scheme. Halons are gaseous halogen compounds used to extinguish fires and they are three to 10 times more
- 29/04/2001
- UNEP
- - Ozone Layer
  - CFCs
  - UN
  - UNEP
Cat out of the bag

First observed evidence of long term effects of GHG emissions
- 14/04/2001
- Down To Earth
Ecofriendly refrigerators

The first Indian refrigerator to meet Montreal Protocol standards is unveiled
- 14/03/2001
- Down To Earth
Climate on a skid

Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. Merely planting more trees won t help
- 30/12/2000
- Down To Earth
- - Pollution Control
  - Forests
  - Carbon Dioxide
  - Ozone Layer
  - CFCs
  - Climate Change
  - Global Warming
  - Flora
  - Fauna
  - Environmental Science
  - Research
  - Asia
The hole truth

NASA discovers the largest ever ozone hole over Antarctica. A wake up call for industrialised countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- 14/11/2000
- Down To Earth
Substance Abuse

The Montreal Protocol was meant to eliminate Ozone depleting substances. It is turning out to be a technology trap for Indian industry. And the government is clueless
- 14/10/2000
- Down To Earth
Airborne pollutants

Aerosols from Asia are poisoning the environs of the Pacific Ocean, say researchers
- 29/09/2000
- Down To Earth
CFC phase out

india is getting a grant of us $82 million, for gradually phasing out the production of ozone depleting substances (ods) such as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). This is the
- 14/08/2000
- Down To Earth
- - Pollution Control
  - Ozone Layer
  - CFCs
  - Aid
  - India
CFCs black market

international efforts to restore the ozone layer are being threatened by a flourishing black market of chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs), said Paul Frasier, senior principal research scientist with the
- 30/07/2000
- Down To Earth