The Kigali Amendment, a global agreement to phase down hydrofluorocarbons, has driven a steep decline in the use of the potent greenhouse gases, offering a rare success story in international climate diplomacy.
The Kigali Amendment, a global agreement to phase down hydrofluorocarbons, has driven a steep decline in the use of the potent greenhouse gases, offering a rare success story in international climate diplomacy.
Remember Copenhagen? Two weeks of photo ops, a three-page accord nobody was bound to, and a decade of “political will” instead of math. This one differs for unglamorous reasons: the phase-down dates are binding, the trade is counted, and the replacement chemicals were already cheaper than the ones being banned. Copenhagen asked nicely. Kigali put a border check on it. That’s the whole difference — and why everything else keeps stalling.