A global phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons in the Montreal Protocol is the best opportunity to stabilize temperatures in the near term. An iceberg is seen off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland, ...

There can be human-caused solutions to climate change. For example, the success of the Montreal Protocol means that concentrations of ozone-depleting gases are decreasing in the atmosphere, but it’s ...

Earlier this summer, investigations by the New York Times and the independent Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) found that 18 factories spread across 10 provinces in China were using CFC-11 in ...

A newly published study notes that the ozone layer is continuing to heal and could recover completely, thanks to the global actions from the 1987 Montreal Protocol. The research, published in Nature, ...

The treaty is universal with 197 member countries. It is legally binding with penalties for countries that flout its provisions. And it is fully funded, meaning poorer countries that might not have ...

Since the Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987, countries have phased out most of the ozone-damaging gases, but their replacements, the HFCs, are powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to climate ...

The Montreal Protocol didn’t just preserve the ozone layer, it helped save Earth from a climate change time bomb. The landmark ozone treaty was agreed 35 years ago this month, at a time when both ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Could the solution to global warming be as simple as a switch of cities? Sign up here. For those who think the Kyoto Protocol is not working to cut greenhouse gas emissions that ...