EIA’s report Cooling the Climate Crisis analysed the climate impact of supermarket refrigeration and revealed that up to 70 per cent of a supermarket’s emissions stem from cooling. Our Climate campaigners have been directly engaging with the retail sector since 2009 to make it aware of the serious impacts of using climate-harming refrigeration while simultaneously […]
Following revelations of unexpected CFC-11 emissions in 2018 and reports of record atmospheric HFC-23 concentrations and other unexpected emissions, legitimate questions have been raised as to whether the Montreal Protocol’s institutions and controls are fit for purpose, not only to sustain the phase-out of ozone depleting substances (ODS) but also to address the unique challenges of the hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) phase-down.
To mark UK Heat Pump Week, EIA Climate Campaigner Adam Aucock shares his experience of getting a climate-friendly natural refrigerant heat pump installed in his home. Within a few months of my recent house move, a major leak in our hot water system left us with some very wet carpets and in need of […]
It’s almost 100 years since Thomas Midgley Jr. first synthesised chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). It was 1928 and he was working for General Motors, looking for a safe refrigerant to avoid using flammable or toxic alternatives. General Motors and Dupont soon began producing ‘Freon’ chemicals, which quickly dominated the market for refrigerants and also found wide use […]
EIA Climate campaigners are in Bangkok this week for a major international meeting and today (10 July) released a new report urging immediate action to halt the transition to yet another generation of harmful fluorinated gases. Persistent Problems – The hidden impacts of hydrofluoroolefins, the latest generation of fluorinated gases makes the case to end […]
EIA urges all governments and parties to the Montreal Protocol to apply the precautionary principle, wherever possible avoiding the uptake of HFOs to avoid unnecessary risks to people and the planet. Governments, parties to the Montreal Protocol and manufacturers and commercial users of these products must act to implement a transition away from all F-gases.