Italy towards a more sustainable refrigeration?

Italy is a bit of an outlier regarding greenhouse gas emissions in the European landscape. In contrast to the other Member States, while emissions are generally decreasing, those caused by fluorinated gases do increase – according to the Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2019, edited by Ispra (The Italian Environmental Protection Agency) and published in April 2021. In 2018, fluorinated gases accounted for only 4.4% of the total emissions but showed a significant growth that will make them progressively more relevant in the coming years. Between 1990 and 2018, HFCs increased from 0.4 to 16.8 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent.