HFCs, the Montreal Protocol and the UNFCCC: Eliminating 1 of the 6 Kyoto gases
A briefing to the Bangkok climate change conference, August/September 2012
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I joined EIA at the start of the year and have been struck by the vast range of different environmental issues we have worked on during the past three decades. Since our very first investigation into the Faroe Islands’ pilot whale hunt in 1984, we have investigated and campaigned on the global ivory trade, [...]
Videoblog: ‘HFC-free cooling – from niche to mainstream’
Chilling Facts IV, the latest installment of EIA’s annual report on the progress of major supermarket retailers to move away from refrigeration systems which have an adverse affect on global warming, this year extended its scope to include mainland Europe and concluded that climate-friendly refrigeration has now gone mainstream. In this special videoblog Fionnuala Walravens, [...]
Olympic aquatics centre gets ‘gold’ in eco-friendly cooling
But other venues cling to climate-harmful systems and fail to medal LONDON: While all eyes have been focused on the action in the pool, behind the scenes the stunning Olympic aquatic sports venue is also leading the way in environmentally friendly cooling systems. Refrigeration and air-conditioning are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, [...]
Chilling Facts IV
The latest of EIA’s annual reports focusing on the use of climate-damaging refrigerants in major supermarket chains and progress to move away from harmful HFCs to climate-friendly alternatives. Read and download Chilling Facts IV report in French here. Read and download Chilling Facts IV report in German here. Read and download Chilling Facts [...]
Climate-friendly supermarket refrigeration goes mainstream!
But apparent Tesco slowdown is cause for concern in new report LONDON: Climate-friendly technology has gone mainstream in the UK and other parts of Europe, the latest Chilling Facts report reveals. Since its launch in 2008 by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), the report has sought to encourage the retail sector to move [...]