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The Kigali Amendment takes effect on September 15. What is its impact on China's refrigeration and appliance industry?
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2021-06-23
On June 17, 2021, the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations the instrument of acceptance by the Chinese Government. As is well known, the Montreal Protocol is an environmental protection convention concluded by the United Nations in the 1980s to prevent further deterioration and damage to the Earth's ozone layer caused by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other substances in industrial products. With the passage of time and the accelerated phase-out of CFCs and HCFCs by various countries, how to mitigate the greenhouse effect on Earth while protecting the ozone layer has become a new issue for the Protocol.
On June 17, 2021, the Chinese Permanent Mission to the United Nations deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations the acceptance by the Chinese government.
As is well known, the Montreal Protocol is an environmental protection convention concluded by the United Nations in the 1980s to prevent the further deterioration and damage to the Earth's ozone layer caused by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other substances in industrial products; with the passage of time and the accelerated phase-out of CFCs and HCFCs by various countries, how to mitigate the Earth's greenhouse effect while protecting the ozone layer has become a new issue for the Protocol. In October 2016, after years of consultations and negotiations, at the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol held in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, representatives reached an agreement on the Kigali Amendment regarding the control of the greenhouse gas hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The Kigali Amendment includes 18 hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the list of controlled substances, hoping to reduce the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 80% in the next 30 years. This is also the world's largest, fastest, and safest short-term climate mitigation measure, which is expected to avoid a 0.1°C increase in the Earth's temperature by 2050 and a 0.4°C increase by the end of the century.
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are used as substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), and are widely used as refrigerants and blowing agents in air conditioners and refrigerators. Although hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) do not contain chlorine and bromine atoms that deplete the ozone layer, they are greenhouse gases that have a significant impact on global warming. If left uncontrolled, global hydrofluorocarbon (HFCs) emissions will reach 350 to 880 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050, equivalent to the total greenhouse gas emissions from global transportation.
In recent years, the impact of global warming has become apparent, such as the melting of glaciers at the poles and on high mountain peaks, frequent extreme weather events around the world, and the migration of climate zones in some regions, which in turn affect human production and life and global biodiversity.
On September 22, 2020, at the United Nations General Assembly, China announced for the first time to the world its vision for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, namely that China's carbon dioxide emissions will strive to peak before 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. On April 16, 2021, President Xi Jinping mentioned in a video summit with the leaders of France and Germany that China has decided to accept the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to strengthen the control of non-CO2 greenhouse gases such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
Alex Hillbrand, a hydrofluorocarbon expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate and Clean Energy International Program, said that China's accession to the Kigali Amendment sends a signal to several other economies that China is comprehensively promoting the transformation and upgrading of the refrigeration industry chain, and this move also makes participants in the refrigeration market and governments aware that switching to climate-friendly refrigerants as soon as possible is a necessary condition for maintaining competitiveness in the global market.
As an important downstream industry of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), China's air conditioning and refrigeration industry started exploring alternative environmentally friendly refrigerants, blowing agents, and cleaning agents more than a decade ago, and low-GWP refrigerants, including R290, are considered "potential stocks" by the industry.
Wang Lei, Secretary-General of the China Household Electrical Appliances Association, believes that China's accession to the Kigali Amendment will promote the shift of China's refrigeration and appliance industry to environmentally friendly refrigerants and accelerate technological transformation. Companies that take a proactive approach will enhance their global competitiveness. She also mentioned that China's accession to the Kigali Amendment is more conducive to achieving the "dual carbon" goals, and natural working fluids such as R290 can better meet the requirements of the Kigali Amendment, adding luster to the realization of China's "dual carbon" goals.
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