Hon Chairperson, the EFF welcomes the approval by the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substance that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The Kigali Amendment may possibly be the single largest real contribution the world has made so far towards keeping the global temperature rising below 2 degrees Celsius.
If implemented efficiently, the Kigali Amendment would mandate countries to phase down the production and usage of hydrofluorocarbons, which are man-made chemicals that deplete the ozone layer, exposing the planet to unmitigated temperature rises. Failure to implement this