Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · China · date not stated
Scripps reported a new source of illegal CFC-11 emissions
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Illegal production of CFC-11, an ozone-depleting gas, came to light, Scripps reported. NOAA projects the ozone layer to recover to 1980 levels around 2040 globally and 2066 over Antarctica, while the sources reviewed do not state how much CFC-11 was emitted from eastern China.
What?
Illegal production of CFC-11, an ozone-depleting gas, came to light. Scripps
Where?
Eastern China (location not confirmed in the sources reviewed)
When?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
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What happened
The record, in order.
The sources reviewed state that the Montreal Protocol removed about 99% of ozone-depleting substances.
Scripps reported the discovery of a new source of CFC emissions, and illegal CFC-11 production came to light.
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What we don't know
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Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: CFC-11 emissions rose after 2013, with production banned since 2010 continuing in Shandong and Hebei provinces in eastern China.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Shandong and Hebei accounted for 40 to 60% of the global rise, and eastern China added about 7,000 tonnes a year (University of Bristol; Rigby et al., Nature, 2019).
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the producers or any penalty, and do not say whether production has stopped.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
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Sources
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