As countries strive towards mitigating climate change, more than half of the countries that developed an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) have recognised the relevance of the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector and included hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the scope of gases covered. However, most NDCs lack concrete actions and implementation strategies for the RAC sector.
The guideline “Raising ambition in NDCs through holistic mitigation approaches in the cooling sector – Guidance for policymakers”, now also available in Spanish (Ouvrira une nouvelle fenêtre), intends to provide political decision-makers with a step-by-step guidance on how to integrate and appropriately cover the cooling sector in an NDC. Moreover, it offers benchmarks to gauge the ambition level of actions targeting direct and indirect emissions of the RAC sector.