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In the wake of superstorms and flood wreckage across communities in the United States, India, Vietnam, and elsewhere, diplomats are meeting in Geneva this week to discuss action under the Montreal Protocol. Marking its 25th anniversary, international cooperation under the Montreal Protocol has effectively phased out ozone-depleting chemicals, protecting both the ozone layer and the climate, saving millions of lives, and avoiding destruction of agricultural and natural ecosystems. Global leadership, including India’s success story, proved essential in the international effort to reverse the “ozone hole.”...
India’s leadership was essential to the success of the global CFC phase-out. Remarkably, India completed the phase-out of CFC production and consumption by 2008, more than a year and a half ahead of schedule! India also phased out halons nearly ten years before the agreed deadline in 2003.
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