National plan to phase out HCFCs consumption to be implemented soon (ANPE)

Tunis: Tunisia will start implementing the national plan to phase out the consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in the refrigeration sector, as of July 1, 2024, following the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol approved at the end of May 2024, said Mohamed Naceur Jeljeli, director general of the National Agency for Environmental Protection (ANPE). Speaking at a workshop held in Tunis to mark World Refrigeration Day on June 26, he added that this plan mainly concerns the refrigeration and air conditioning sector at the industrial and service levels. He went on to say that the implementation of this strategy would reduce CO2 emissions by around 5.1 million tonnes by 2045. Jeljeli added that the implementation of the national programme on ozone-depleting substances and the programme to phase out the import and consumption of substances with a high global warming potential (HFCs) will enable Tunisia to reduce these substances by 80% by 2045. He also pointed out that the ANPE is working to supp ort all stakeholders in the refrigeration sector by implementing the second phase of the programme to phase out the import and consumption of HFCs by 2029. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse