Hydrochlorofluorocarbon Phase-out Management Plan for Bhutan

Summary

The Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) phase-out management plan of Bhutan stems from the firm commitment of the country to protect and preserve the environment and to maintain the negative carbon emission status. Based on this, the country has committed to phase-out HCFCs by 1 January 2025. The plan will impose an import ban on import of HCFC based equipment by 2013. The decision on phasing-out of HCFC by 2025 is based on the countries determination to maintain the negative carbon emission status.

The planned activities for the project include:

  1. HCFC phase-out policies and enforcement
  2. Information exchange and advocacy programme
  3. Servicing technician training and certification programme
  4. Investment projects to facilitate HCFC consumption reduction
    • Recovery and Reclamation programme
    • End-user retrofit incentive programme
  5. Project coordination, monitoring and management, and
  6. Promotion of ozone climate co-benefit activities
    • Standards and Labelling Programme
    • Framework for Efficient and Low HCFC Economic Development

Impact

START DATE

January 2013

END DATE

December 2025

STATUS

Ongoing

PROJECT OFFICE

Bhutan

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER

National Environment Commissio

DONORS

MONTREAL PROTOCOL

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

$259,444

DELIVERY IN PREVIOUS YEARS

2013$69,259

2014$44,241

2016$3,459

2017$26,887

2018$28,048

2019$15,677

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