Illegal refrigerant gases still trafficked into Europe as climate emergency worsens
Illegal climate-wrecking super-pollutant refrigerant gases are still being smuggled into Europe, new research shows
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Illegal climate-wrecking super-pollutant refrigerant gases are still being smuggled into Europe, new research shows
Illegal climate-wrecking super-pollutant refrigerant gases are still being smuggled into Europe, EIA’s latest research shows
Five years after EIA first revealed a widespread European illegal trade in hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) climate super pollutant gases, a new investigation has revealed that significant levels of trafficking persist, despite the worsening climate emergency.
“While the final text has dropped explicit reference to a fossil fuel phase-out, which was included in previous text versions, the message remains that a fossil fuel phase-out is inevitable.”
Some 97,000 people are in Dubai for the UN CoP28 climate summit – and EIA can reveal they are being kept cool with unsustainable, energy-inefficient cooling units containing potent climate-polluting refrigerant gases
The 97,000 delegates registered in Dubai for the UN CoP28 climate summit are being kept cool in the desert heat with unsustainable, energy-inefficient cooling units containing potent climate-polluting refrigerant gases