MOP33 discussions will focus on how switching refrigerants presents an opportunity to simultaneously upgrade designs and components to make appliances more efficient. The benefits of the new rule are huge, and it is a significant step toward President Biden’s goal of cutting climate pollution by 50 to 52 percent by the end of this decade. In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized an important rule last month to phase down the supply of HFCs. The India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) released in 2019 supports India’s recent ratification with a path for implementation.
Ratification is a strong signal to industry and other nations that countries are serious about phasing down HFCs and energy efficiency. India and China both ratified the Kigali Amendment this summer.
In total, 127 nations have ratified the Kigali Amendment. In big news, the three countries largely responsible for the production and consumption of HFCs-the U.S., China, and India-have moved forward with adopting the Kigali Amendment into domestic law. Given the warming planet and the rising need for cooling, it is critical that countries are successful implementing the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs and improve air conditioning energy efficiency. The Kigali Amendment will avoid the use of HFCs equivalent of more than 70 billion tons of CO 2 over the next 35 years, achieving a nearly 90% reduction in global warming resulting from unconstrained HFC use by the end of the century. HFCs, used in air conditioners (ACs), refrigerators, and other applications, are greenhouse gases (GHGs) with thousands of times the warming potent of carbon dioxide (CO 2). The agenda for the virtual MOP33 is streamlined, along with an NRDC side event, Cooling With Less Warming: Opportunities from Kigali Amendment Implementation in India. Exactly five years ago, in 2016, countries agreed to the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-global superpollutants. Countries are gearing up to address the climate crisis at the 33rd Meeting of the Parties (MOP33) to the Montreal Protocol next week and the climate summit COP26 in Glasgow later in November.
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