Reducing the climate impact of black market HFC gases

减少黑市 HFC 气体对气候的影响

• 批准号: 76294
• 金额: $ 7.63万
• 依托单位: VISTALWORKS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=76294
• 关键词: Reducing; climate; impact; black; market

**HFC greenhouse gases - the biggest black market you've never heard of** The UK and Europe's climate goals are being undermined by a thriving black market for HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), which enter the EU under the radar of the F-gas quota system. Our stakeholder's research from July 2020 suggests the illicit trade volume in HFCs could be as high as a third of the legal EU market (equivalent to at least ?850million) and accounting for 34 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases. That is the CO2 equivalent to 8.7 coal fired power stations running for a year, 5,756,402 homes electricity use for a year, or 3,388,107 car trips around the entire circumference of the earth! On it's own, this black market would be the EU's 20th largest country in terms of CO? impact - ahead of the entire national emissions of Estonia - if the global warming potential of illegal HFCs were measured alongside the EU's 27 member states. **You're not the only one who's not aware of this problem** Illicit trade is the biggest source of funding for organised criminal gangs, and is a cross-border, international challenge. Unfortunately, right now, enforcement of the regulations preventing illegal trade in HFCs are virtually non-existent. National law enforcement priorities are elsewhere, and it is hard to tell one green canister from another to the untrained eye. That makes this illegal HFC business very low risk, very profitable, and far more lucrative and attractive than drug dealing and human trafficking. Not only that, but because illicit HFCs can "unwittingly" find their way into buildings, air conditioning (building, cars and transport) systems, refrigeration systems and other light industry, efforts to switch to Clean Energy and meet Net Zero targets can be undermined and completely negated. **Solution to detect, enforce and safely eliminate illegally traded HFCs** Vistalworks is proposing a technology solution that automatically detects illegal sellers of HFCs, provides jurisdictionally appropriate leads to enforcement agencies, along with the necessary field kit to help ordinary officers detect illicit products when they find them, and collects and stores case data in a way that will support successful prosecutions. This solution delivers social good at a nationally and globally significant levels, potentially curbing the significant levels of climate-related emissions caused by illicit HFCs by 170,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.

**HFC 温室气体 - 您从未听说过的最大黑市** 英国和欧洲的气候目标正因 HFC（氢氟碳化物）黑市的繁荣而受到破坏，HFC 在 F 气体的监视下进入欧盟配额制度。我们的利益相关者自 2020 年 7 月开始的研究表明，氢氟碳化合物的非法贸易量可能高达欧盟合法市场的三分之一（相当于至少 8.5 亿欧元），相当于 3400 万吨二氧化碳当量温室气体。这相当于 8.7 个燃煤发电站运行一年、5,756,402 个家庭一年用电量或 3,388,107 辆汽车绕地球一圈所产生的二氧化碳排放量！就其本身而言，这个黑市将成为欧盟二氧化碳排放量第 20 位的国家？如果非法氢氟碳化合物的全球变暖潜力与欧盟 27 个成员国一起衡量，其影响将超过爱沙尼亚的全国排放量。 **您不是唯一一个没有意识到这个问题的人** 非法贸易是有组织犯罪团伙的最大资金来源，也是一项跨境国际挑战。不幸的是，目前，防止氢氟碳化合物非法贸易的法规几乎不存在。国家执法的优先事项在其他地方，未经训练的人很难区分一个绿色罐子和另一个绿色罐子。这使得这种非法的氢氟碳化合物业务风险非常低，利润非常高，并且比毒品交易和人口贩运更有利可图，更具吸引力。不仅如此，由于非法氢氟碳化合物可能“无意中”进入建筑物、空调（建筑、汽车和运输）系统、制冷系统和其他轻工业，因此转向清洁能源和实现净零目标的努力可能会受到破坏并被彻底否定。 **检测、执行和安全消除非法贸易 HFC 的解决方案** Vistalworks 提出了一种技术解决方案，可自动检测 HFC 的非法销售商，向执法机构提供司法管辖区适当的线索，以及帮助普通官员检测非法产品的必要现场工具包当他们找到他们时，并以支持成功起诉的方式收集和存储案件数据。该解决方案在国家和全球范围内提供了显着的社会效益，有可能每年减少 170,000 吨二氧化碳因非法氢氟碳化合物造成的气候相关排放。