Reports

Averting Climate Catastrophe

We make the case that The Montreal Protocol, via agreement of a robust Kigali Amendment, has a golden opportunity and an obligation to contribute to global climate change commitments with concrete action to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and replace them with energy-efficient, climate-friendly alternatives

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Front cover of our Briefing Document for the 38th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

Update on the Illegal Trade in Ozone-Depleting Substances

Without the ozone layer, most of Earth’s organisms could not have evolved, let alone be sustained. This briefing provides an overview of the smuggling of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and actions to combat illegal ODS trade that can be taken by Parties to the Montreal Protocol

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The Importance of Ambition in the 2016 HFC Phase-Down Agreement

An EIA briefing for the Montreal Protocol meetings in Vienna from July 15-23, 2016. Following the adoption of the Dubai Pathway on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Parties to the Montreal Protocol are set to negotiate and adopt an HFC amendment, the first major test of the Paris Climate Agreement

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Pathway to Adoption of a Global HFC Phase-Down in 2016

A report to the 37th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of Parties to the Montreal Protocol, from 4-8 April 2016, in Geneva, Switzerland. Phasing down and eventually phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is the most cost-effective, short-term and fast-action strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

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Bridging the Emissions Gap

A briefing to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for the 21st Conference of Parties. With an ever-widening gap between what is required to limit global temperature rise to less than 2°C and existing mitigation pledges, countries must seize every opportunity to curb greenhouse gas emissions

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