India and Saudi Block Progress on Near-term Climate Action

India and Saudi Block Progress on Near-term Climate Action

25 NOVEMBER 2013

WARSAW: As the annual international conference on climate change (CoP19) draws to a close in Warsaw today, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) criticized India and Saudi Arabia for blocking an agreement which could prevent the release of up to 100 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2050.  
 
Parties came to Warsaw looking to take near term action on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super greenhouse gases hundreds to thousands of times more potent than CO2, but a decision that would have accelerated international cooperation under the Montreal Protocol on these chemicals was withdrawn at the last minute. ...

 

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