A useful explanation is provided in a table that compares the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and the Paris Agreement, with respect to substances, goals, criteria for entering into force, differences between developing/developed countries, approach and compliance. Reprinted with kind permission of the Montreal Protocol Division at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
As the inhalation community explores propellants with lower global warming potential that could be used in pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDIs), we hear the term “Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.” But how does that differ from the Paris Agreement? A useful explanation is shown in this table, reprinted with kind permission of the Montreal Protocol Division at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).