Publication
Solar Climate Intervention: Options for International Assessment and Decision-Making
There is a growing risk that the global response to climate change will be inadequate to avoid an unsafe global climate. There is corresponding interest in exploring the potential need for, and feasibility of, rapid responses to avoid dangerous climate …
Publication
Accounting for Bottom-Up Trading Under the Paris Agreement
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement recognizes that countries may engage in different forms of international cooperation to achieve climate goals, and prescribes broad conditions for such cooperation if it is to count toward achievement of parties’ nationally determined contributions …
Paper
HFO-1234yf: An Examination of Projected Long-Term Costs of Production
This paper seeks to inform the discussion on what the price of HFO-1234yf (2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene) might be over the longer term when application and process patents have expired, economy of scale is achieved at production facilities using the most efficient processes, …
Blog Post
Nations agree on historic HFC phasedown
Publication
Not-in-Kind Alternatives to High Global Warming HFCs
As parties to the Montreal Protocol consider an amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one critical concern is the availability of zero- or low-global warming potential (low-GWP) alternatives to replace high-global warming potential (GWP) HFCs. While much of the attention …
Blog Post
Advancing toward an HFC phasedown
Publication
Status of Legal Challenges: Patents Related to the use of HFO1234YF in Auto Air Conditioning
One of the key challenges identified by Parties to the Montreal Protocol as part of the Dubai Pathway on Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) relates to concerns raised about intellectual property rights. Because a large number of patents on low global warming potential …