Economic Evaluation of Emission Reductions of HFCs, PFCs and SF6 in Euro\pe

Preface On its way to its current form this report has received significant input from a considerable number of experts. The " First Interim Report " which basically dealt with emission estimates and projections has been significantly amended to also cover abatement options and associated costs. Comments on the " First Interim Report " were given by representatives of the European Commission at a presentation in Brussels on May 20, 1999. With approval of DG Environment the " Second Interim Report " has been distributed for comments to about 35 technical experts in late September 1999. It has also been circulated among the lead authors of Chapter 3 of Working Group 3 of the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A " Third Interim Report " was discussed by a panel of experts in Brussels on November 22, 1999. Specific and more general comments and suggestions were received from a large number of experts from industry, academia, government agencies and environmental non-governmental organisations. The authors would like to thank all of these experts for their valuable inputs into this study (please refer to chapter 10 for a list of people). For this " Final Report " it was attempted to consider their suggestions wherever possible. In several cases unresolved issues were flagged in footnotes. This final report reflects the state of knowledge and discussions after a final round of review in late March 2000.