China has finished phasing out ozone-depleting HCFCs from its solvent industry.

It’s the last stage of a project running since 2016 that forced 53 enterprises to move to substitutes (a nationwide ban on HCFCs in cleaning agents took effect on 1 July 2026).

Since accepting the Kigali Amendment in 2021, China has cut HFC-linked emissions by 759 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent — roughly equal to 13% of the United States’ annual greenhouse gas footprint, or the same as taking about 175 million average passenger cars off the road for a year #China #climate #ClimateChange #environment #news #pollution #greenhousegasemissions #earth

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