Following Micronesia's Lead on Climate Change

This week, the world’s governments will meet in Kigali, Rwanda, to take the most important step so far to combat global warming in the wake of last year’s climate agreement in Paris, now assured of entering into force this year—a remarkable achievement.

In Rwanda, governments will agree to a proposal first put forward by the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Mauritius back in 2009 to amend the Montreal Protocol – which has already done so much to heal the Earth’s protective ozone layer and slow warming – to phase down the manufacture and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the world’s fastest-growing greenhouse gases.

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Source: The Diplomat