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    Immediately after the summit ended, the White House issued a statement saying the two nations had agreed to work together for the first time to reduce Hydrofluorocarbons- a potent greenhouse gas.

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    Short-lived climate pollutants- black carbon, ozone, methane and Hydrofluorocarbons- which also have harmful effects for people, are significant contributors to climate change, responsible for up to 45 percent of current global warming.

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    In 2016, India was a signatory to a compact of 107 countries to“substantially phase” out a potent greenhouse gas, called Hydrofluorocarbons(HFC), by 2045 and move to prevent a potential 0.5 C rise in global temperature by 2050.

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    The Obama White House and State Department are also actively working with China and India to negotiate an agreement to prevent the use of Hydrofluorocarbons, greenhouse gases that are more than 1,000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

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    According to the Coalition, fast action on a large scale to reduce black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone and Hydrofluorocarbons(HFCs) would accrue health benefits, notably avoiding 2.4 million premature deaths from air pollution, while agriculture would claw back 52 million tonnes in avoided crop losses from four major staple crops per year.

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