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Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) are widely used in fridges, air conditioning and aerosol sprays. | |
Delegates meeting in Rwanda accepted a complex amendment to the Montreal Protocol that will see richer countries cut back their HFC use from 2019. | |
But some critics say the compromise may have less impact than expected. | |
Three-way deal | |
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who helped forge the deal in a series of meetings in the Rwandan capital, said it was a major victory for the Earth. | |
"It's a monumental step forward, that addresses the needs of individual nations but it will give us the opportunity to reduce the warming of the planet by an entire half a degree centigrade," he told BBC News. |
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