German Government Launches Sulfur Hexafluoride Push — SkimNews
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- German government launched an international initiative to curb sulfur hexafluoride emissions, announced this week at a United Nations Environment Program meeting in Kigali.
- Sulfur hexafluoride was singled out as an exceptionally potent greenhouse gas that the German government says has long been overlooked in efforts to address climate change.
Why it matters: The German government’s initiative gives this week’s United Nations Environment Program meeting in Kigali a concrete climate focus: curbing sulfur hexafluoride, a gas it describes as exceptionally potent and long overlooked. The change is material because the gas moves from being described as neglected to having a dedicated international campaign aimed at reducing its emissions.
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