Promoting Life Cycle Management of Fluorocarbons

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The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support participating developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote the life cycle management of fluorocarbons through technical and capacity building support. The life cycle management of fluorocarbons requires (i) development, manufacture, and use of climate-friendly refrigerants with zero or low global warming potential (GWP) as an alternative to fluorocarbons with high GWP, including replacement of old cooling equipment (upstream), and (ii) recovering, recycling, and destructing the discarded fluorocarbons (midstream and downstream). The replacement of old equipment with new technologies also enables energy efficiency and reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy sources by reducing the use of electricity generated through combustion of fossil fuels. The TA will focus on such energy efficiency measures associated with the life cycle management of fluorocarbons.