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Air & Climate Newsletter April 25, 2013 |
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Reflections on Climate Justice from Santiago, Chile
This piece was co-authored with Tara Shine, head of research and development at the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice.We recently travelled to Santiago, Chile, a sprawling city of six million people just beyond the Andes. Our purpose was to attend the first sub-regional workshop of the Climate Justice Dialogue, a new initiative led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Mary Robinson Foundation—Climate Justice (MRFCJ). But before we even made it inside the conference center, we were confronted by a poignant, real-life example of climate justice.Upon arrival in Santiago, a ... | ||
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UN to support China to phase out ozone-depleting substances, with major climate benefits
The United Nations body that supports developing countries to phase out substances that damage the ozone layer will provide China with up to US$380 million in funding to eliminate industrial production of the ozone-depleting substances HCFCs (or hydrochlorofluorocarbons) by the year 2030, it was announced today. China - the world`s largest producer and consumer of HCFCs - is set to retire its current HCFC production capacity, as well as surplus production capacity that is currently not utilized, as part of the agreement with the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol. The ... | ||
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