In Germany, the government changed course in the aftermath of Fukushima and decided to go ahead with a previously agreed phase out of nuclear power.
"These considerations suggest that the increased CFC-11 emissions arise from new production not reported to [the U.N. Environment Program's] Ozone Secretariat, which is inconsistent with the agreed phase-out of CFC production in the Montreal Protocol by 2010," the researchers wrote.
The best the two sides can probably do is agree to phase out barriers and harmonize regulations over time.
The UK wants to keep the "smart" type of cluster munitions and would not agree to phase out anything without a transitional period.
If they want to make one big green gesture, though, leaders could most usefully agree to phase out the subsidies they pay for the dirtiest fuels, particularly coal.
Policymakers from across the world met recently in Vienna to agree to phase out HFCs but some countries are nervous about the extra cost of changing to alternative refrigerants.
Concerns over the gaping ozone hole over Antarctica spurred countries to agree to phase out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), an ozone-depleting gas found in fridges and aerosols, in the 1987 Montreal Protocol.
∆CFS O and ΔCFS S+O almost agree in phase, implying that the sum of the effects of solid earth and ocean tides also decreases toward the north.
And President Obama's success in getting the G20 to agree to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels was a tremendous second step.
Developing countries agreed to phase out incandescent light bulbs.
No. Understanding that CFCs were eating the ozone hole, governments agreed to phase them out.
