- High-Impact Action: Google’s partnerships aim to eliminate 25,000+ tonnes of superpollutants by 2030—equivalent to up to 3 million tonnes of CO₂.
- Global Deployment: Initiatives in Indonesia and Brazil will tackle HFCs and methane—among the most potent, short-lived climate pollutants.
- Market Signal: The move reinforces Google’s leadership in carbon markets and signals confidence in high-integrity carbon credits with full audit trails.
Google is doubling down on climate action with two new partnerships focused on eliminating potent superpollutants that disproportionately accelerate global warming.
In collaboration with Recoolit and Cool Effect, Google will fund projects that destroy hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Indonesia and capture methane from Brazilian landfills, both of which are known for their outsized warming potential.
“These superpollutants are a key part of the climate fight, with massive impact and lots of low-hanging fruit that are ready to deploy today with minimal technical risk,” said Recoolit.
Combined, these initiatives are expected to prevent warming equivalent to 1 million tonnes of CO₂ in the long term, and up to 3 million tonnes in the near term, reflecting the greater potency of HFCs and methane over short timescales.
“Together we will open a new front in the fight on climate change, focused on neglected superpollutants,” Recoolit announced. “Google has committed to a multi-year purchase of 250,000 carbon credits… supporting our mission to find and destroy refrigerant gas all over the world.”
Every credit from Recoolit includes a full digital audit trail, offering unprecedented transparency and setting a new bar for carbon market integrity.
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Google emphasized that if credits from these projects are used to neutralize its own emissions, they will be aligned with the lifespan of those emissions—either offsetting short-lived emissions directly or transitioning to long-term carbon removals over time.
“We are thrilled to see Google join the superpollutant movement with this purchase, bringing together these two critical efforts into one unified strategy,” Recoolit stated. “This investment marks an important expansion of climate action, targeting the high-impact pollutants driving warming right now.”
This latest initiative builds on Google’s broader climate innovation and carbon removal agenda, reinforcing its ambition to lead on both immediate impact and long-term climate resilience.
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