HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 3 (ACN) Cuba has made progress in 2023 with a view to eliminating all hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) gases by 2030, and is drawing up a plan to do the same with chlorofluorocarbons, widely used in refrigeration, foams and aerosols, and in the production of new products .
An annual summary of the Ozone Technical Office (OTOZ) confirmed compliance with the country's commitments to the Montreal Protocol, in the sense that the reduction of HCFCs reached 35 % in their import values, regulated by the latter and even below the established.
According to the report, they promoted the implementation of the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol, in which the resolution of chemical substances for the licensing system is applied and the Office of Regulation and Environmental Safety, of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment ( CITMA by its Spanish acronym), issued the corresponding resolution on the quota system for HFCs.
The United Nations General Assembly selected September 16, 1994 for the celebration of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, coinciding with the signing of the Montreal Protocol in that city, the largest in the province of Quebec, Canada, to which Cuba has been a signatory since 1992, as well as its Kigali Amendment, capital of Rwanda.
The Kigali Amendment came into force on January 1, 2019, to establish that over the next 30 years the projected production and consumption of HFCs be reduced by more than 80 %.
With full implementation, it can avoid up to 0.4 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of this century, while continuing to protect the ozone layer.
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