With production and consumption of HFCs rapidly increasing, benefits of eliminating ozone-depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol – estimated to be up to 135 billion tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent from 1990-2010 – are being reversed. A global deal to phase down HFCs offers much-needed climate protection
EIA campaigners will be taking to the streets of London for the Global Climate March on Sunday, November 29 and is calling on all supporters to get involved. The mass demonstration is one of just several events taking place simultaneously around the world, from São Paolo to Berlin
The EU F-Gas Regulation will compel a large-scale conversion to climate-friendly refrigeration and air-conditioning technologies in Europe by 2030. In the process, it will transform the European economy with implications for producers, importers, distributors, manufacturers, operators, contractors and consumers
At the 36th OEWG, Parties have four amendment proposals to consider for negotiating a deal on a global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); HFCs are a group of potent greenhouse gases used mainly in refrigeration and air-conditioning, with climate impacts hundreds to thousands of times higher than CO2
In 2014, we celebrated our 30th anniversary but in other respects it was a typically hectic and successful year as we continued to uncover ongoing problems and expose new ones; here are just a few of the highlights from a busy 12 months
EIA’s latest briefing, New Trends in ODS Smuggling, highlights the growing threat of illegal trade in ozone depleting substances. Trade data analysis highlights significant discrepancies between China’s reported hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 exports to various countries and their reported HCFC-22 imports from China