In September 2025, Saudi Arabia ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. It entered into force in December 2025.
With the ratification of the Kigali Amendment, group II parties commit to peak HFCs consumption by 2024 and to gradually phase down in line with the following schedule:
(i) 2024 to 2028: 100 per cent
(ii) 2029 to 2034: 90 per cent
(iii) 2035 to 2039: 70 per cent
(iv) 2040 to 2044: 50 per cent
(v) 2045 and thereafter: 20 per cent