This report summarises information from surveys and presents an analysis of customs and HFC Registry data, which supports claims from prominent industry stakeholders that large quantities of illegal HFC refrigerants are entering the EU market.
EIA and NRDC recommend the following guiding principles be considered by the Executive Committee as it formulates an approach to address energy efficiency and elaborates further on these recommendations in the following pages.
An online resource intended to serve as a guide for companies and consumers affected by the EU F-Gas Regulation, detailing where the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phase-down came from and what it means for the new European marketplace
A briefing to the 19th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting from 11-22 November 2013 in Warsaw, Poland, arguing that swift, effective and large reductions in greenhouse gases must start now
In a year that has seen concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide pass the 400ppm mark and the world’s scientific community issue its starkest warning yet that human activities will result in far-reaching disruption of the climate system, the need to swiftly rein in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is acute
Suggested revisions to the EU F-Gas Regulation. We argue that proposals contain the basic elements required to tackle hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions but lacks ambition and advances an incomplete regulatory framework