This November, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) brought the world together in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, for an intervention of sorts. A priority confrontation centered around the United Nations Environmental Programme finding that finance flows to support developing countries in their adaptation to climate change have fallen short of estimated needs. Indeed, the discrepancy between […]
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The Mystery of CFC Emissions
Thirty-one years ago, the world was facing an environmental crisis. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) had over the previous century become widely used in refrigeration, insulation, and firefighting. However, the emissions of CFCs into the atmosphere was destroying the stratospheric ozone layer, which protects the planet from harmful ultraviolet radiation. In 1987, 46 nations agreed to the Montreal Protocol, […]