A cool opportunity to be climate-friendly

The agreement adopted at Kigali, Rwanda, to limit and reduce the use of heat-trapping refrigerant gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is a big win for the global effort to address climate change.

For its part, India showed flexibility to help secure an ambitious agreement while protecting its development space. Now, make this a grand commercial opportunity. The Kigali Amendment is a testament to the spirit of Paris; that countries can collectively work towards addressing global challenges like climate change without jeopardising their economic and developmental goals.

Having secured its developmental space, India cannot rest. The Kigali amendment is asignal to industry and entrepreneurs in India and across the world to develop viable and scalable climate solutions. Read More…