Nearly 200 countries struck an historic deal on October 14th in Kigali, Rwanda at the 28th meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP28), as the fight against global warming continues to heat up.
The Montreal Protocol treaty, which was originally signed on 16th September 1987 and brought into force on 1st January 1989, has been amended six times throughout its history in order to speed up the phasing out of substances that are destructive to the ozone layer.
And at the MOP28 meeting, dubbed the ‘Kigali Amendment,’ the pact was amended once again – this time ‘making history’ to curb highly potent hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions.
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