On Tuesday 5 April, the European Commission adopted two new proposals for EU regulations under the ‘Green Deal’, one on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) and the other on ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
The aim is to reduce emissions of these gases and substances, most of which have a global warming potential (GWP) several times higher than that of carbon dioxide (CO2), and thus to combat climate change.
The European Commission estimates that the two proposals will lead to an...