City institutes will help curb ozone depletion

DNPUN18798 | 9/15/2009 | Author : Nilanjana Ghosh Choudhury | WC :242 | Nature & Environment

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UNEP joins hands with scientists to develop GenNext technology

Different Pune-based institutes and industries would assist the OzonAction group of United Nations Environment Action, to check the level of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in the atmosphere.
The regional network coordinator of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Atul Bagai said that it is collaborating with the scientific community and research institutes across the region who can develop GenNext technology in curbing the level of HFCs and HCFCs in the ozone layer.
National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) is one of the institutes that is working on the project.
"Pune remains a prime location as institutes like NCL are already working on it. The entire process is a part of the Montreal Protocol," Bagai added (see box).
As per the ozone layer assessment released last by UNEP in 2006, different interventions had prevented in spreading of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere. But the global HFC emissions projections would increase strongly after 2013 and significantly exceed previous estimates after 2015.
"The effort is now to bring down the spreading of HFC and HCFCs in the ozone layer," said Stephen Anderson, co-chairperson and retired director of United States Environment Protection Agency.
UNEP had organised a seminar on 'International Protection in Ozone Layer Protection and Achieving Ozone Layer Protection with greenhouse gas emission impact' at Mahratta Chamber of Co...

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