On the occasion of World Ozone Day, India released its cooling action plan to phase out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), a major refrigerant widely used in all cooling equipment like air-conditions, freeze, foam applications, etc. It is a major gas which is contributing to rapid depletion of the ozone layer and warming climate. CFCs are nearly 2,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide in terms of their global warming potential. Because of this, the world has come together to phase out the CFCs by 2040 at their 28th Meeting of the Parties on October 15, 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda under the Montreal Protocol. To phase out CFC, the Indian government has brought the Indian Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) document to phase out demand for refrigerants by 2037–38. Source: https://www.newindianexpress.com/