Letter to President Barroso: Refrigeration in revised F-gas Regulation

Carbon Market Watch argues that banning HFCs in refrigeration is essential to prevent the lock-in of high-emission infrastructure and to achieve indirect greenhouse gas reductions through improved energy efficiency. The letter asserts that a phase-down schedule alone is insufficient and warns against allowing multinational commercial interests to delay regulatory action that would otherwise benefit smaller European companies producing alternatives.

• The authors argue that omitting or weakening bans on HFCs in refrigeration would undermine EU climate ambition and violate the legislative mandate from the Parliament and Council to propose bans where alternatives are technically feasible, cost-effective, and energy-efficient.
• Bans in the refrigeration sector are presented as critical because this sector accounts for the highest proportion of HFC emissions; without these bans, HFC infrastructure would be locked in, prolonging reliance on containment and recovery measures.
• Transitioning away from HFC-based refrigeration equipment is expected to provide indirect greenhouse gas reductions by lowering electricity demand due to energy efficiency gains.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2012). Letter to President Barroso: Refrigeration in revised F-gas Regulation. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-president-barroso-refrigeration-in-revised-f-gas-regulation-2/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Letter to President Barroso: Refrigeration in revised F-gas Regulation. 2012. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-president-barroso-refrigeration-in-revised-f-gas-regulation-2/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Carbon Market Watch |title=Letter to President Barroso: Refrigeration in revised F-gas Regulation |date=31 October 2012 |url=https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-president-barroso-refrigeration-in-revised-f-gas-regulation-2/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2012letter, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Letter to President Barroso: Refrigeration in revised F-gas Regulation}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2012}, month = oct, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-president-barroso-refrigeration-in-revised-f-gas-regulation-2/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }