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UNDP works with Brazil on a massive CFC-elimination project
Brazil, a land of great beauty and even greater potential, is an economic engine of Latin America and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. But with this great potential comes an even greater danger as the specter of climate change looms large on the horizon.
In 1993, UNDP became involved in one of the most ambitious CFC-elimination efforts in the world, an effort that has resulted in not only real environmental change but also a new, greener economy for the production and safe disposal of appliances. After China and India, Brazil was the third largest consumer of hydro chlorofluorocarbon gas, better known as CFC. CFCs are found primarily in refrigeration and other cooling devices, and virtually all homes in Brazil have one. But these greenhouse gasses are also deadly to the environment: in addition to destroying the ozone layer, one tonne of CFC can warm the atmosphere 10,000 times more than one tone of CO2. (Read more...)