HFC

Move prompts call for European ban, as Clean Development Mechanism also adopts new validation procedures and rules for HFC credits

Chemicals commonly used in air conditioners and fridges have global warming potential 11,700 times higher than CO2

Chinese official says country will stop destroying harmful greenhouse gas if carbon credits it generates are outlawed

European Parliament says targeting HFCs and black carbon could be more cost-effective than cutting carbon

Levy to curb excessive profits among several tax options being considered by UN, along with banning credits from new HFC-23 facilities

Who said what in the world of green business this week?

Traders pour scorn on European Commission over botched carbon credit announcement

Offsets raised by destroying HFC 23 and N2O gases to be excluded from May 2013

Fund will buy offsets from projects in developing nations after first phase of Kyoto expires in 2012

Rush of issuances during first week of 2011 prompts analysts to cut carbon price forecasts to €13 a tonne