The importance of stopping environmental dumping in Ghana: the case of inefficient new and used cooling appliances with obsolete refrigerants.
Author(s) : AGYARKO K., ANDERSEN S. O., FERRIS R., ZAN H., OSAE-QUANSAH E., DREYFUS G., DERDER M. R., BOSIRE L. O., BLOOMER L., SUN X.
Type of article: Periodical article
Summary
Environmentally harmful product dumping ("environmental dumping") of new and used low-efficiency cooling appliances with obsolete ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas refrigerants in African countries impoverishes communities, hinders economic development, threatens ecological systems, and harms public health. The use of low-efficiency cooling appliances increases energy demand, leading to higher power plant emissions and limiting affordable energy access in African countries. These low-efficiency appliances and products contain ozone-depleting refrigerants with high global-warming potential (GWP) or ozone-safe refrigerants with high GWP. Environmental dumping of these appliances and products makes it more difficult for countries to meet their international climate obligations and for the world to meet the Paris Agreement's climate change mitigation targets. Ghana faces high levels of environmental dumping, despite a national ban on importing used cooling appliances and established efficiency standards for new air conditioners and refrigerators. Through the Energy Commission's Office of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, & Climate Change (REEECC), the government of Ghana is partnering with the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) to stop environmental dumping. This article provides a list of interventions that can be implemented by Ghana, by governments in countries that export to Ghana, and by industry and other stakeholders. Notably, these actions focus on the shared responsibility of exporting countries and manufacturers by calling on exporting countries to update and enhance enforcement of their laws, and on global manufacturers to stop exporting inefficient products with obsolete refrigerants to Ghana and other African countries.
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- Original title: The importance of stopping environmental dumping in Ghana: the case of inefficient new and used cooling appliances with obsolete refrigerants.
- Record ID : 30032782
- Languages: English
- Subject: Figures, economy, Developing country
- Source: Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum - vol. 32
- Publication date: 2022
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Themes:
Domestic applications (refrigerators, freezers);
Air conditioning: regulations and standards;
Air conditioning: economics and statistics;
Comfort air conditioning;
HFCs;
Energy efficiency, energy savings - Keywords: Ghana; Energy efficiency; GWP; Air conditioning; Household refrigerator; Import; Africa; Energy consumption; Standard; Regulations
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