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India decides to ratify Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol

Following similar decisions by the US and China in the past few months, India decided to ratify a key amendment to the 1989 ozone-saving Montreal Protocol negotiated five years ago. The Kigali Amendment, enables the phase-out of hydroflurocarbons, a set of chemicals notorious for their capacity to warm the planet.

Under the Kigali amendment, the United States, China and India are in separate group of countries, with different time schedules to phase out their HFCs and replace them with climate-friendly alternatives.