Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The initiative of developing and developed countries was catalyzed by the Federated States of Micronesia as a way to slow sea level rise. The United States is already actively engaged in efforts to reduce these pollutants on the national and international levels.

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Climate Pollution Cleaning Clean 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Although they don’t harm the ozone layer, HFCs are powerful climate warming gases and their emissions are expected to rise sharply over the next few decades without aggressive action, significantly contributing to climate change. The United States, Mexico, and Canada also proposed a similar amendment.

Micronesia 186

Micronesia Ozone South Africa India 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The US, Canada, and Mexico have submitted a proposal to strengthen climate protection under the Montreal Protocol— the international treaty that phases out the production of a number of substances responsible for ozone depletion. The Federated States of Micronesia submitted a similar proposal on HFCs as well. C, says IGSD.

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Ozone Micronesia Climate Protection Climate 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Current emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) have already committed the planet to an increase in average surface temperature by the end of the century that may be above the critical threshold for tipping elements of the climate system into abrupt change with potentially irreversible and unmanageable consequences, the authors write.

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Climate Change Climate Pollution Ozone 186