Now the EU law is on the books, we are committed to the challenge of ensuring its swift and effective implementation and enforcement.
We are working with NGO partners, policy-makers, industry and other stakeholders to ensure that the ambition of the Regulation is implemented and to secure rapid adoption of sustainable, energy efficient F-gas-free technologies. We regularly produce technical and policy briefings, attend Commission-organised stakeholder meetings and speak at key policy and industry events.
We are also campaigning to secure equally ambitious amendments to UK legislation, by engaging with UK policy makers and other stakeholders on the GB F-gas Regulation revision.
Our 7th Chilling Facts report highlighted the continued lack of awareness of the impact of the HFC phase-down among some European retailers, which are responsible for a large proportion of Europe’s HFC consumption.
We are calling on EU member states to provide additional support to companies struggling to move quickly away from HFCs. In March 2018, we and our partners outlined these steps in detail to the 3rd F-Gas Consultation Forum. Steps that governments should be taking include: mandatory training on natural refrigerant technologies; support for the revision of standards to allow the safe use of flammable refrigerants; promotion of climate-friendly cooling technologies through government public procurement and financial incentives; consideration of additional or earlier sectoral bans in key sectors; and the adoption of an HFC licensing system to help tackle illegal trade in HFCs.