Ozone-safe alternatives will have to be implemented in enterprises that previously used hydrofluorocarbons.
Starting in 2025, Russia will have to significantly reduce the consumption of hydrofluorocarbons, which are substances that deplete the ozone layer.
Thus, starting this year, the consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) should be reduced by 35%, starting in 2029 by 70%, and starting in 2034 by 80% of the baseline established for Russia, and starting in 2036 and all subsequent years, Russia is allowed to use HFCs in the amount of 15% of the baseline.
This measure will significantly reduce the consumption of HFCs, which belong to the group of super greenhouse gases, by 2036, which will help reduce the anthropogenic impact on the Earth's climate.
This will require companies and enterprises using and supplying refrigeration equipment to plan the transition to equipment that uses alternative refrigerants, including those of natural origin. Already, for most types of refrigeration equipment, there are analogues operating on natural refrigerants (hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide and ammonia), which are produced in the Russian Federation.
At the same time, it should be borne in mind that it is not necessary to completely abandon HFCs, it is only necessary to comply with the obligations to phase out their consumption provided for in the Montreal Protocol, ensuring the transition to alternative types of refrigeration equipment where technically possible and applicable. For example, in the retail sector, meat and dairy industries, the fisheries sector, and the fruit crop storage sector. The transition to ozone-safe alternatives contributes, among other things, to achieving the goals of the new national project "Environmental well-being", which replaced the national project "Ecology"
For reference: In 1991, the Russian Federation ratified the Montreal Protocol, an international protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer by decommissioning certain chemicals that deplete the ozone Layer. According to the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, a plan has been developed for Russia to phase down the production and use of HFCs: from 2022 by 5%, from 2025 by 35%, from 2029 by 70%, from 2034 by 80% and from 2036 by 85%. After that, Russia will be able to use HFCs no more than 15% of the base level.
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