About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere Asia 2014
published on 3 February 2014
16 pages
1 MB

The first part of the presentation by Motoyuki Kumakura from the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) focused on the revision of the Japanese legislation governing the use of fluorinated gases, the scope of which will be extended to cover the whole life cycle of HFCs – from manufacturing of HFCs, to production of equipment containing refrigerants, use of such technology, recovery and destruction of HFCs. In the second part, Kumakura outlined the subsidy scheme that incentivises end-users to purchase energy-efficient systems using natural refrigerants.

About the speaker(s)

Motoyuki Kumakura

 

Mr. Kumakura joined the Environment Agency in 1994. He was in charge of climate change policy, air pollution policy, nature conservation, nuclear safety. Mr. Kumakura later became the Director of the Office of Fluorocarbons Control Policy in Climate Change Policy Division. He currently holds this position in the Global Environment Bureau within the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan.