. Africa: Climate Experts Want Achievable Goals On Ozone Layer Protection

Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 10:15

Kigali — Climate scientists are advocating for realistic commitments that will see nations reach common ground on battling climate change which is becoming a threat to human livelihoods. They made the call on Tuesday during the ongoing 28th Meeting of Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP28) in Rwanda's capital Kigali. Rwanda hosts the high level forum from 8th to 14th October at the Kigali Convention Centre with an aim of reaching a global agreement on an ambitious amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Speaking at the meeting on Tuesday, Marco Gonzalez, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Secretariat said that countries should commit to achievable goals, rather than promising unrealistic commitments towards curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
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