A recent study titled "Rethinking time-lagged emissions and abatement potential of fluorocarbons in the post-Kigali Amendment era" has been published in Nature Communications. This research investigates the delayed emission patterns and carbon reduction potential of two major refrigerants and foaming agents—HCFCs and HFCs—globally significant stockpiled fluorocarbons. Professor Yang Jiakuan co-authors the paper from ICARE and the School of Environment, and Associate Professor Duan Huabo from the School of Environment serve as co-corresponding authors. Huazhong University of Science and Technology is the sole corresponding institution, while Dr. Liu Heping from the Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology is the lead author.

The study also includes contributions from Dr. Zhang Ning of Technische Universität Dresden and the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (Germany), Dr. Ma Yin from Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Professor Liu Gang from Peking University’s College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and the Peking University Carbon Neutrality Institute, Assistant Professor Travis R. Miller from the University of Maine’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (USA), Researcher Mao Ruichang from the Technical University of Denmark’s Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, and Professors Xu Ming and Li Jinhui from the School of Environment at Tsinghua University.

This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52070131).