Industrie begrüßt UN-Bericht über fluorierte Treibhausgase

The European Fluorocarbon Technical Committee (EFCTC) pointed to the IPCC report's conclusion that the contribution of HFCs to climate change will remain below 1% by 2015. The European Commission estimated in 2003 that emissions from F-gases would account for up to 4% by 2010.

Vice-chairman of the EFCTC, Tim Vink, stated that the report shows that energy efficiency and containment of fluorocarbons are the best options for policy makers. "Besides being profitable, energy efficiency improvements can have a major impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the whole industry is already working to deliver these improvements using HFCs, achieving much improved efficiencies compared to 5 years ago," said Vink.

The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) which represents businesses involved in the manufacture of equipment using HFCs, also estimated that the IPCC report "validates the approach of containment and responsible use as the way to reduce greenhouse gases".