Global Environment
Initiative on Fluorocarbons Life Cycle Management (IFL)
Last updated: 31 January, 2024
■ About the IFL
To address the urgent need to control fluorocarbons emissions, Japan launched the Initiative on Fluorocarbons Life Cycle Management (IFL) at the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Madrid, Spain, in December 2019.
The IFL promotes controlling fluorocarbons emissions throughout their life cycle, including refrigerant leakage during equipment use and discharge at the time of equipment retirement or replacement.
Overview of Initiative on Fluorocarbons Life Cycle Management (PDF)
Concept Paper (PDF)
■ Partners (as of July 10, 2024)
State Partner & Inter-Governmental Organization: 16
Cambodia, Chile, France, Japan, the Maldives, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and The World Bank (WB), Republic of Moldova
Private Sector Entities & Non-Governmental Organization: 17
Asada Corporation, Chemours-Mitsui Fluoroproducts, Daikin Industries, Emu-zetto Co., Ltd., Ichinen Tasco CO., Ltd, Lawson, Marubeni Corporation, Mayekawa MFG, Nanba Co., Taiyo Corporation, Panasonic, Ltd., General Membership corporation Fluorocarbons and other Greenhouse gases Global Reduction Promotion Association (FGRA), Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Japan Fluorocarbon Manufacturers Association (JFMA), Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA), and Japan Association of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Contractors (JARAC),Fukushima Galilei Co. Ltd.
■ IFL’s Recent Activities for Outreach and Awareness Raising
○Pre-event to OEWG-46, “Fluorocarbon Banks Inventories Workshop” 7 July 2024, Montreal (, July 7, 2024, Montreal)○ Side Event Seminar at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28) in Dubai, UAE, in December 2023
“Higher Energy Efficient Cooling and HFC Lifecycle Management as a Key Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation”
○ Side Event Seminar “Enabling Environment for End-of-life Treatment of Refrigerants: Destruction by cement kiln and waste incineration plants” at the 35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP35) in Nairobi, Kenya, in October 2023
○ Group Seminar for Asian Countries on Fluorocarbons Life Cycle Management in Bangkok, Thailand, in September 2023
○ Side Event Seminar at the OEWG45, “Feed two birds with one scone: Measurement against both HFC emission and climate change” in Bangkok, Thailand, in July 2023
○ Resource Book Online Seminar, “International Seminar on Good Practices of Fluorocarbons Life Cycle Management”, in March 2023
○ The Third IFL Annual National Meeting via online, January 2023
○ Side Event Seminar at the COP27 to the UNFCCC in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2022
"Japan's Life Cycle Management Approach towards 2050 Carbon Neutrality Goal"
○ Side Event Seminar at UNFCCC Intersession, “Accelerating HFC phase-down to achieve a 1.5°C pathway” in Bonn, Germany, in June 2022
○ The Second IFL Annual National Meeting via online, in January 2022
○ Side Event Seminar at the COP26 to the UNFCCC, "Sustainable and Efficient Cooling for a Warming Planet: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions" in Glasgow, U.K./Scotland, in November 2021
○ Side Event Seminar at the OEWG43, “Sharing Good Practices: Addressing HFC Bank – a need to accelerate HFC emission reduction-“ via online, in July 2021
○ Side Event Seminar at the MOP32, "Embodying the Lifecycle Management of Fluorocarbons: Moving Forward with the Initiative on Fluorocarbons Life Cycle Management (IFL) " via online, in November 2020
○ The First IFL Annual National Meeting via online, in September 2020
○ Side Event Seminar at the OEWG42 via online, July 2020
”Efficient Cooling During and After the Global Pandemic"
■ Publications
“Resource Book for Life Cycle Management of Fluorocarbons: Good practice portfolio for policy makers” co-published with Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
”Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons(Fluorocarbon Emission Control Act)”
■ Links
○ Visit here for more information on the Initiative!
https://www.youtube.com/@fluorocarbonoecc9890
(youtube channel by IFL secretariat/OECC)
○ Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)
Joint Crediting Mechanism｜Carbon Markets Express (env.go.jp)
Recent Developments of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)
■ Contact
Office of Fluorocarbons Control Policy, Global Environment BureauOffice of Director for International Strategy on Climate Change, Global Environment Bureau,
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Telephone 03-3581-3351