AN UPDATE ON FLUOROCARBONS
Representing the European Fluorocarbons Manufacturers
NEWSLETTER #178 - JULY-AUGUST 2020
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In this round-up: EFCTC and Oxera report illegal refrigerant imports could be as much as one third of EU market in 2018; German draft law will help combat illegal trade; OLAF Director explains illegal imports routes and efforts to combat illegal trade; Spanish MEP questions European Commission about illegal imports; Poland has reported… Share this article on
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The EU publishes annually its official inventory of greenhouse gas emissions as required under the UNFCCC. For the 4 years since 2014, reported HFC emissions have decreased each year and, also decreased as a percentage of total EU emissions. “In particular, it is worth highlighting that HFC emissions from… Share this article on
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The US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2019 update of the AGGI (Annual Greenhouse Gas Index), which follows the evolution of the radiative forcing (ability of all greenhouse gases to trap heat) since the onset of the industrial revolution. The HFC… Share this article on
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The ozone depletion potential (ODP) concept was initially developed to measure the potential impact of long‐lived gases, those with multi-year atmosphere lifetimes, on stratospheric ozone.
For very short-lived substances (VSLSs) with atmospheric lifetimes less than a few months, such as the HCFOs and CF3I (iodotrifluoromethane), most of their effect occur in the troposphere.… Share this article on
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Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is a naturally occurring substance and a ubiquitous component of the hydrosphere. It is found in fog snow and rain at levels in the 1990s that could not be explained by the known anthropogenic sources [1]. Annual TFA fluxes from pre-1990s ice core records may support the existence of a… Share this article on
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The EU publishes annually its official inventory of greenhouse gas emissions as required under the UNFCCC. As part of this submission, emissions of CO, NOx, NMVOC (non-methane volatile organic chemicals, which includes hydrocarbons) and SO2 have to be reported to the UNFCCC Secretariat because they influence climate change indirectly:… Share this article on
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