Green Cooling Association director Brent Hoare said the 21st Meeting of Parties to the Montreal Protocol, held in Egypt, missed the opportunity to take swift action on reducing the global warming impact of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), used as a replacement for ozone-depleting gasses. In Australia, action to reduce the use of HFCs will be further jeopardised if the Opposition succeeds in pushing an amendment to exclude HFCs from the CPRS.

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