Update: the Washington Post covered the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) event at COP21 in Paris. The event explored how action on short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), which include HFCs, can support the goals of the climate summit.
As stated in the article;
“As world leaders grapple with how to cut global emissions of carbon dioxide, diplomats in Paris are recording progress in combating other pollutants that scientists believe are contributing powerfully to rising temperatures.
A coalition of governments and private businesses has agreed to take up a series of initiatives to limit so-called “short-lived climate pollutants,” ranging from industrial chemicals used in refrigerators to soot particles given off by diesel engines. While emissions of these pollutants are small compared to carbon dioxide, some are vastly more powerful, pound for pound, in trapping heat in the Earth’s lower atmosphere.” – Click here to read the full article