United States. The state of California, recognized for environmental enforcement in North America, has committed to reducing fluorinated gas emissions by 80% by 2030 in new refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
The concept paper is a follow-up to the updated Scoping Plan published last year, which explores initial ideas to achieve this goal, which will be further developed in the coming months as the strategy begins to take shape.
"Reducing emissions of these short-lived climate gases is an important part of California's – and the world's – efforts to keep the planet from exceeding the most dangerous levels of warming," said CARB (California Air Resources Board) President Mary D. Nichols. "Taking action to significantly reduce these greenhouse gases will now bring climate and air quality benefits in the short term, as we move our energy systems and vehicle fleets to clean technologies."
The concept paper suggests that early action on HFCs in the commercial refrigeration sector, where cost-effective alternatives such as CO2 are available, could help significantly reduce fluorinated gas emissions.
