Which of the following protocols aims to phase out hydrofluorocarbons?

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The correct answer is Montreal Protocol.

Key Points

Montreal Protocol:

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol) is an international agreement made in 1987.
It was proposed to control the emission of ozone-depleting gases like CFCs and other ozone-depleting chemicals.
The Montreal Protocol is signed by 197 countries.
It is the first treaty in the history of the United Nations to achieve universal ratification.
It is considered by many the most successful environmental global action.
It sits under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (the Vienna Convention).
It was designed to stop the production and import of ozone-depleting substances and reduce their concentration.
It targets 96 ozone-depleting chemicals in thousands of applications across more than 240 industrial sectors.

Thus, Montreal protocol aims to phase out hydrofluorocarbons.

Additional Information

Environmental protocols	Aim
Kyoto Protocol	It deals with reducing overall greenhouse emissions. It was the result of the Rio-1992 and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997.
Nagoya Protocol	The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity is a 2010 supplementary agreement to the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Cartagena Protocol	The full name of Cartagena Protocol is Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Like Nagoya Protocol, it is a supplementary agreement to the CBD. The Cartagena Protocol on Biodiversity seeks to protect biodiversity from the potential risks caused by LMOs arising from modern technology. The Protocol has provisions for an Advance Informed Agreement (AIA) procedure.