Global Warming Potential (GWP) of certain substances and mixtures that contain such substances, based on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and a hundred years time period | Umweltbundesamt

Substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) which deplete the ozone layer have long been subject to an international phase-down on their production and use. In 2016 the international community took its first steps to phase down another group of substances that are particularly damaging to the climate – hydrofluorocarbons (HFC). read more

The use of fluorinated greenhouse gases has been governed since 2006 by Regulation (EC) No. 842/2006. Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases applies since 1 January 2015, repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006. read more