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Applications and emissions of fluorocarbon gases: past, present and prospects for the future.

Author(s) : MCFARLAND M.

Summary

Following regulations on CFCs and HCFCs implemented during the last 25 years, some progress has been achieved. The net result is that only about 20% as much HCFCs and HFCs are used today as replacements in developed countries compared to a projection of what CFC use would have been. Reductions are even larger when the compounds are weighted by global warming potential (about 5% as large as projected CFC amount) or ozone depleting potential (about 1% as large as projected CFC amount). The trend indicates that the quantity of fluorocarbon gases used will decline even further as HCFCs are phased out under the Montreal Protocol.

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  • Original title: Applications and emissions of fluorocarbon gases: past, present and prospects for the future.
  • Record ID : 2002-0064
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment, General information
  • Source: Joint IPCC/TEAP expert meeting on options for the limitation of emissions of HFCs and PFCs. Proceedings + Meeting report.
  • Publication date: 1999/05/26
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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