Wednesday, April 13, 2005

PolitInfo.com - UN Report: Ozone-Friendly Gases Contribute To Climate Change - Apr 12, 2005 Geneva

"Apr 12, 2005 Geneva
A new report finds that ozone-friendly chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators are continuing to have a harmful impact on climate.
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A report by the U.N. Panel of Climate Change Experts released Monday found that many of the chemicals put into products nearly a decade ago as part of a global pact on reducing the use of chlorofluorocarbons, called CFCs, can also cause environmental problems.

A spokesman for the U.N. Environment Program, Michael Williams, explains:

'We are getting rid of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) and other gases which destroy the ozone layer. This is something we have been doing since the 1980s. But, the replacements that have been found for CFCs that can be used effectively in refrigerators and air conditioners and other such systems, unfortunately, also turn out to be greenhouse gases. So, the risk is that we are saving the ozone layer-and we actually are making very good progress at the moment on that issue-but, we are contributing, in a small way, but, nevertheless, in an important way to global warming,' he said."

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