As we approach the end of another year defined by record-breaking global temperatures and deadly natural disasters, turbo-charged by the escalating climate crisis, some 50,000 people have descended on Baku in Azerbaijan for the 29th annual UN Climate Change Conference (CoP29). For the third year in a row, EIA has looked into the systems being […]
The world’s pressing climate targets are being jeopardised by huge rogue emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. HFC-23 emissions reached a record high of 17,300 tonnes in 2019, equivalent to more than a quarter of a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. The climate super-pollutant is produced and emitted primarily as an unwanted byproduct of manufacturing […]
LONDON: The world’s pressing climate targets are being jeopardised by huge rogue emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. HFC-23 emissions reached a record high of 17,300 tonnes in 2019, equivalent to more than a quarter of a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. The climate super-pollutant is produced and emitted primarily as an unwanted byproduct of […]
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
On 16 September, the United Nations marks the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer – and for EIA’s Climate team, it’s an opportunity to look back at the Montreal Protocol as it marks its 35th anniversary and to consider its role in addressing present and future challenges to the planet
Emissions of HFC-23 greenhouse gas are "a climate crime of epic proportions”