What is the Kigali Amendment? The Senate’s next big climate win is within its grasp
12 Aug 2022
THE Senate just took its biggest climate action ever with passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, but there’s another major climate win lurking on its to-do list.
Ratifying a global agreement to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), powerful greenhouse gases (GHGs) used in refrigeration and air conditioning, could help the world avoid as much as half a degree Celsius (0.9 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming by 2050. While the numbers may seem small, the effect could be astonishing, given the current warming of around 1.2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and the global push to keep warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid catastrophic consequences.
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