...manufacture and trade in banned or controlled chemicals which damage the ozone layer and drive global warming. Alarmingly high, unexplained CFC-11 emissions were initially exposed by scientists in a letter...
A briefing to the 41st Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol , July 2019, Bangkok. With the discovery of illegal production and use of...
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were introduced as replacement chemicals for Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), which are being phased out by the Montreal Protocol due to their impact on the ozone layer. This...
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The illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases used in refrigeration remains a significant obstacle to international efforts seeking to limit the worst impacts of climate change. We have almost 30 years of experience investigating and exposing this criminal trade and, with a steady increase in hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) smuggling in Europe as a result of an EU phase-down of these chemicals, we will continue monitoring and investigating this illegal trade, pushing for strengthened enforcement, working for better engagement in the issue from customs and campaigning for an effective licensing system for HFCs.
The Montreal Protocol was agreed in 1987 with a pressing mission to regulate the chemicals directly destroying Earth’s ozone layer and is celebrated as the world’s most successful environmental treaty.