The Challenge
In Project Drawdown’s 2020 report outlining climate solutions for this decade, refrigerants came out ahead – that is, they offered the greatest opportunity to mitigate CO2e. To reach zero emissions, the industrial and building sectors can achieve reductions between 101.3 GT and 108.3 GT (CO2eq) through action taken on refrigerants between 2020-2050. Furthermore, in the two scenarios presented by Project Drawdown, refrigerants (both management and alternatives) are the highest and third highest ranking solutions, respectively. Unfortunately, refrigerant gases are the world’s fastest-growing category of greenhouse gases. Despite progress under the Kigali Amendment and AIM Act, and proven solutions, action on refrigerants remains too slow to meet climate targets.
Global demand for cooling is expected to triple by 2050
Sustainable cooling could cut 2050 global emissions by 64%
Improved refrigerant management could avoid 0.5°C of global warming by 2100
Our Strategy
REEF brings together building owners and operators from around the world to understand and find solutions for their refrigerant emissions. REEF’s community fosters peer-to-peer support, identifies shared challenges, and motivates problem-solving. REEF coordinates the collective voice of businesses, governments, and other end users seeking solutions and represents the buyer’s voice with policy advocates, industry, and others working toward system change to reduce refrigerant emissions. Through education, empowerment, and engagement, REEF transforms refrigerant emissions from an overlooked super pollutant into a climate solution.
REEF's work centers on three pillars:
Education
Bring refrigerants into C-suite discussions and capital expenditure considerations, beyond day-to-day operational use.
Engagement
Use corporate, market, and policy levers as key entry points to ensure refrigerants are recognized as a critical climate issue.
Empowerment
Empower building owners to take data-driven action to manage costs, lower risk, and reduce their emissions.
