{"id":27554,"date":"2024-05-22T07:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T05:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=27554"},"modified":"2024-05-22T07:10:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T05:10:21","slug":"what-are-f-gases-and-why-are-they-harmful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2024\/05\/22\/what-are-f-gases-and-why-are-they-harmful\/","title":{"rendered":"What are F-gases and why are they harmful?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F-gases are often used as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances because they do not deplete the ozone layer of the atmosphere. However, F-gases are strong greenhouse gases with an even higher warming potential than carbon dioxide (CO\u00a0<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0). They thus contribute to climate change to a large extent.<\/p>\n<p>To control emissions from F-gases, including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the European Union adopted two legislative acts:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.150.01.0195.01.ENG\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">regulation on F-gases<\/a><\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:32006L0040\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the MAC directive (Mobile Air Conditioning systems)<\/a><\/span>\u00a0. The EEA contributes by collecting data on the production, import, export, disposal and use of F-gases in the EU as reported by companies. This data is published annually in the report on fluorinated greenhouse gases. (<em>More on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/en\/about\/contact-us\/faqs\/what-are-f-gases-and-why-are-they-harmful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.eea.europa.eu<\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F-gases are often used as a replacement for ozone-depleting substances because they do not deplete the ozone layer of the atmosphere. However, F-gases are potent greenhouse gases with an even higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). They therefore contribute significantly to climate change. To control emissions from F-gases, including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the European Union has adopted two pieces of legislation: the F-gas Regulation and the [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}