Carbon Dioxide Environmental Responsibility Ozone Paris Agreement 
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Success at COP28 is likely to be measured by the inclusion of strong fossil fuel phaseout language, free from loopholes, in the final agreement. By 2019, the largest growth in absolute emissions occurred in carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry. Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.
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