In an article on The Conversation website, Matt Rigby, Reader in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Bristol and Lucy Carpenter, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of York, discuss how air conditioning helps us cope with rising temperatures but can also contribute to further global warming. Importantly, international agreements are helping to reduce the problem, although continued … Continue reading Keeping cool without warming the planet
Category: HFCs
New EEA report on EU’s progress of phasing down the use of F-gases
The supply and use of climate-warming fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) rose slightly across the European Union and United Kingdom in 2020, according to the latest annual update on the EU’s progress of phasing down the use of F-gases published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) this week. EU remains on track to phase-down use … Continue reading New EEA report on EU’s progress of phasing down the use of F-gases
