ShareIncreasing pressure on HFCs
Policy-makers worldwide are increasing pressure to reduce HFC use.
Policy-makers worldwide are increasing pressure to reduce HFC use.
On the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer on September 16, 2011, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said “Parties to the Montreal Protocol are now considering further amendments, including proposals to bring HFCs, under the Protocol in a manner that would complement existing efforts under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol. HFCs do not deplete the ozone layer but are highly potent greenhouse gases, and their consumption has been increasing rapidly as they are being used to replace HCFCs. I urge Parties and industries to seize the opportunity provided by the HCFC phase-out to leapfrog HFCs wherever possible.” www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39573&Cr=ozone&Cr1=#
The European Parliament approved on September 14, 2011 a resolution stressing that “the F-gas Regulation has fallen far short of expectations”. MEPs also said that the Commission should propose changes to existing rules to speed up the reduction in emissions of HFCs and the phasing out of HCFCs. www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20110914IPR26626/html/Beyond-CO2-MEPs-demand-stricter-rules-on-greenhouse-gases
The HFC issue will be at the heart of discussions during MOP23 in Bali and COP17 in Durban (see above), since the two proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol designed to include HFCs through a phase-down of production and consumption – by the USA, Canada and Mexico and by the Federated States of Micronesia – will be discussed again.
On the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer on September 16, 2011, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said “Parties to the Montreal Protocol are now considering further amendments, including proposals to bring HFCs, under the Protocol in a manner that would complement existing efforts under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol. HFCs do not deplete the ozone layer but are highly potent greenhouse gases, and their consumption has been increasing rapidly as they are being used to replace HCFCs. I urge Parties and industries to seize the opportunity provided by the HCFC phase-out to leapfrog HFCs wherever possible.” www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39573&Cr=ozone&Cr1=#
The European Parliament approved on September 14, 2011 a resolution stressing that “the F-gas Regulation has fallen far short of expectations”. MEPs also said that the Commission should propose changes to existing rules to speed up the reduction in emissions of HFCs and the phasing out of HCFCs. www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20110914IPR26626/html/Beyond-CO2-MEPs-demand-stricter-rules-on-greenhouse-gases
The HFC issue will be at the heart of discussions during MOP23 in Bali and COP17 in Durban (see above), since the two proposed amendments to the Montreal Protocol designed to include HFCs through a phase-down of production and consumption – by the USA, Canada and Mexico and by the Federated States of Micronesia – will be discussed again.