In many countries, gas heating is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and climate damage, leading a growing number of countries to introduce bans.
Air source heat pumps are the main alternative.
[2] Many installations and appliances have a life-span of 25 years, leading for calls that the bans must take place immediately, or at latest by 2025, because otherwise targets of net zero by 2050 cannot or are unlikely to be reached.
[3] However fossil fuels lobbyists are resisting phase-out.
[4] The following table lists different ban types in new or existing buildings.