Tag: climate

• EU F-Gas Regulation: The beginning of the end for climate-damaging fluorinated gases

  F-gases, not commonly known but commonly used in household appliances like fridges, air conditioners, and heat pumps, will be phased down in the EU – with some types of F-gases banned completely. F-gases are responsible for 2.5% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions – but not for much longer. Today, the European Commission, Parliament, and Council reached a bold agreement on the revised F-Gas Regulation, strengthening the EU’s role as a climate leader.

• Briefing: Revised F-Gas Regulation poised to become a vehicle for change

  Media briefing: The EU has long been a global frontrunner in the phase-out of fluorinated refrigerants (F-gases), which are responsible for 2.5% of EU greenhouse gas emissions and the bloc’s primary source of forever chemicals (PFAS). In this week’s final trilogue on the revised F-Gas Regulation, we urge negotiators not to waste this opportunity and ensure that F-gases are phased out in as many sectors and applications as possible.

• EU targets greenwashing with Empowering Consumers Directive that bans misleading climate claims based on offsetting

  The EU’s Empowering Consumers Directive [1] will prohibit climate claims that are based on carbon offsetting – successfully achieving its goal of empowering consumers to make environmentally sound decisions. Until now, companies have been able to potentially mislead consumers with claims based only on offsetting. This legislation will be a significant measure against greenwashing.

• Briefing: Why new fluorinated refrigerants are still not the solution

  Media Briefing: How the European Union can protect the environment and our health in its revised F-Gas Regulation.

• We are hiring – Climate and Energy Trainee

  ECOs is looking for a motivated Climate and Energy Trainee, who will support the work of the Climate and Energy team in the ECOS Secretariat based in Brussels.

• F-gas regulation to be voted on by European Parliament: four key points at stake

  In April 2022, the European Commission presented its proposal for a revised Regulation on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (F-gas Regulation). The proposal has since been processed by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. The ENVI committee has put forward its cross-party compromise amendments, and on 30 March the European Parliament will adopt its position in plenary.

• World Standards Day 2022: Five areas where standards make a real difference

  To mark World Standards Day 2022, we have gathered examples of how standards are essential to making change happen in areas of major importance to our transition to an environmentally sustainable world.