Our illegal trade investigations have taken us to many far-flung destinations over the years. Few, however as far-flung as Mongolia, a name, which for me at least, had always been endowed with a certain mystique
I think the programme did a great job of explaining this huge problem and our responsibility as consumers to ensure that our old junk doesn’t end up poisoning children in developing countries. EIA was involved with the programme from its inception and I think it’s been a good example of successful collaboration
Today a whopping 246 stores across Great Britain have HFC-free refrigeration systems, up from 46 last year, while hundreds of engineers have been trained to deal with climate-friendly refrigerants. The UK is now paving the way for climate-friendly refrigeration and is a global centre for innovation
EU Countries will vote on a proposed regulation to ban the use of HFC and other industrial gas credits in Europe’s carbon markets from January 2013. If successful this regulation will change the world’s largest carbon market and end subsidising of Chinese and Indian chemical companies by European consumers
On the Agenda were several very important issues which give the Montreal Protocol the chance to really secure its position as the world’s most effective environmental treaty. Notably: two proposals to phase-down global HFC use
On a visit to the European Parliament in Brussels, campaigners encountered some real enthusiasm from MEPs to tackle the issue of greenhouse gas HFC-23 and there are plans afoot to raise awareness of the issue and seek to swift resolution in the European Emissions Trading Scheme