President Obama and new Chinese President Xi Jinping emerged from a California retreat this weekend with an agreement to ratchet down greenhouse gases from refrigerants that environmentalists are hailing as a major step in addressing climate change.
While no targets were set or legally binding measures taken, the two leaders vowed to phase down the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The compounds, widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners, currently make up 1 percent of greenhouse gas emissions but are considered the fastest-growing climate pollutant in both the United States and China, expected to rise to 19 percent by 2050 if left unchecked.
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