Climate change and industrial F-gases: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options for reducing synthetic greenhouse gas emissions

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Griffiths, Steve; Kim, Jin-Soo; Bazilian, Morgan

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.110759

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“…Environmental issues are a major global challenge facing humanity today [ 14 ]. China has always considered sustainable development as an important goal and has implemented many policy measures to reduce emissions, but a consensus conclusion has not been reached on the effectiveness of China’s environmental regulations.…”

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Can China’s Environmental Regulations Effectively Reduce Pollution Emissions?

Chen

2021

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Based on the provincial panel data of China during 2006–2017, this study uses the panel smooth transition (PSTR) model to study the dynamic transformation mechanism of pollution emission under environmental regulation. We focus on technological progress, economic growth, and foreign direct investment (FDI) as threshold variables, and analyses the non-linear effects of environmental regulation on pollution emissions under those threshold variables, attempting to explore the effectiveness of existing environmental regulations. The structure of biased technological progress is based on the slacks-based measure (SBM) and Global-Malmquist–Luenberger index, which is divided into pollution-biased technology progress and clean-biased technology progress. Finally, we use the panel vector auto regressive (PVAR) algorithm to further verify the relationship. The findings are as follows: (1) Environmental regulation has a significant nonlinear effect on pollution emissions, and technological progress is the optimal threshold variable of this study. (2) Under the influence of these three factors, environmental regulation has a substitution effect on pollution discharge, and a stronger substitution effect on emission reduction in areas with advanced technology and high FDI. It also has a lower emission reduction effect in the high-system areas of economic development than in the low-system areas. (3) The PVAR results show that the impact on environmental regulation of technological progress and FDI has gradually turned from positive to negative; the impact of economic growth on environmental regulation has always been positive but is gradually decreasing. This study points out the direction for governments and companies to implement effective environmental regulations.

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Can China’s Environmental Regulations Effectively Reduce Pollution Emissions?

Chen

2021

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“…The market of the air conditioning systems in cars and other transportation vehicles is expanding largely. Despite containing smaller amounts of refrigerant in comparison to other refrigeration and cooling equipment, the leakage rates of mobile air conditioning systems are much higher [3]. Most equipment uses R-134a (GWP 1430), which was adopted worldwide as a substitute to the CFC R-12 (GWP 10,200), and a transition to the low GWP unsaturated HFC R-1234yf (GWP 4) is being put forward [17].…”

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“…Most equipment uses R-134a (GWP 1430), which was adopted worldwide as a substitute to the CFC R-12 (GWP 10,200), and a transition to the low GWP unsaturated HFC R-1234yf (GWP 4) is being put forward [17]. However, the high leakage rates, the inadequate refrigerant handling during maintenance, and improper disposal or release of F-gases from equipment containing high GWP refrigerants still make these equipment major contributors to global warming [3]. In fact, since the treatment of the recovered F-gases has associated costs, the illegal release of the F-gases from end-of-life (EoL) equipment is, in most cases, chosen.…”

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“…HFCs, together with perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF 3 ), are the so-called fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). These synthetic gases have several advantages over naturally occurring gases, such as durability, inertness, non-flammability, non-explosivity, non-reactivity, non-toxicity, and thermal stability [3]. While these properties are ideal for refrigeration and other industrial applications, these compounds are harmful to the environment.…”

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Waste Management Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases on Climate Change

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Fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) are used for various applications, such as in refrigeration and air conditioning, as substitutes of the ozone-depleting substances. Their utilization has increased drastically over the last few decades, with serious consequences for global warming. The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and several national and international legislations, such as the 2014 EU F-gas Regulation, aim to control the utilization and emissions of these gases. In the EU, the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is underway, with successive reductions in quotas up to 2050. Under this scenario, efficient strategies for managing the produced and already existing F-gases are of vital importance to guarantee that their effect on the environment is mitigated. Up to now, most of the F-gases recovered from end-of-life equipment or when retrofitting systems are either released into the atmosphere or destroyed. However, in order to put forward a cost-efficient adaptation to the F-gas phase-down, increasing separation and recycling efforts must be made. This critical review aims at providing a revision of the current F-gas management problems and strategies and providing an overview on the innovative strategies that can be applied to contribute to build a sustainable market under circular economy principles.

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“…In recent years, avoiding CO 2 emissions from industries to the atmosphere has been of increasing interest in order to protect the environment [1][2][3].…”

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Characterization of Alkanolamine Blends for Carbon Dioxide Absorption. Corrosion and Regeneration Studies

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There are a lot of research programs focusing on the development of new solvents for carbon dioxide capture. The most important priority should be reducing the energy consumption needed at the regeneration step, but minimizing solvent degradation and its corrosivity is also considered as a priority. In this research, the aqueous blends of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP: 1 kmol·m−3) and 1-amino-2-propanol (MIPA: 0.1–0.5 kmol·m−3) are characterized in terms of density, viscosity, and surface tension. The carbon dioxide absorption rate and capacity, the regeneration capacity, and the corrosivity of these solvents are also evaluated.

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Climate change and industrial F-gases: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options for reducing synthetic greenhouse gas emissions

Cited by 236 publications

References 123 publications

Can China’s Environmental Regulations Effectively Reduce Pollution Emissions?

Can China’s Environmental Regulations Effectively Reduce Pollution Emissions?

Waste Management Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases on Climate Change

Characterization of Alkanolamine Blends for Carbon Dioxide Absorption. Corrosion and Regeneration Studies

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