PIMS_6738_Integrated Program for HFC Phasing Down and Sustainable Cooling for Tajikistan

About this project

Brief project description: The project objective is to support Tajikistan in meeting its Montreal Protocol KigaliAmendment obligation to rapidly reduce consumption of HFC by 70% in 2029. This widely used coolinginfrastructure refrigerant as well as an insulating foam blowing agent has high global warming potential (GWP)and is a major contributor to global warming when emitted to the atmosphere. Tajikistan has a significantlygreater HFC consumption obligations relative to similar countries given its status as a developed rather thandeveloping country under the Montreal Protocol. Meeting this challenge will involve the accelerated replacementof existing cooling equipment and adoption of available low GWP/high energy efficiency alternatives. The projectis designed to direct GEF support to the country based on an integrated strategy combining i) aggressiveintroduction of progressive import controls on HFCs and HFC based equipment; ii) restricting emissions andconserving refrigerant through development of life cycle refrigerant management (LRM) practices and introducingmonitoring techniques to optimize equipment operation; iii) leveraging investment in accelerated coolingequipment replacement through demonstration of modern cooling technology; and iv) facilitating innovativefinancial incentives for expanded new investment by end users. An integral part of this will be strengtheningexpanded institutional and refrigeration servicing capacity human resource in the form of training a…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Tajikistan

Sectors

Environmental policy and administrative managementSectors not specified

Funded by

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, Global Environment Fund Truste

Implemented by

TJK-Commit.Envirnt.Protection

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01004341.

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