Reports

HFCs, the Montreal Protocol and the UNFCCC: Eliminating 1 of the 6 Kyoto gases

A briefing to the Bangkok climate change conference, August/September 2012. Two separate proposals to amend the Montreal Protocol to regulate production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) have been tabled every year since 2009 by Micronesia, and by Canada, Mexico and the United States

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Ending the Reign of Fluorocarbons, Answering the Call on Climate

The time for action on HFCs has arrived. The Montreal Protocol is the only international body with the experience and expertise to initiate and effectively achieve a timely “HFC phase-down”. It is time to translate support for an HFC phase-out into concrete action that has become the hallmark of the Montreal Protocol

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Front cover of our report entitled The Montreal Protocol in 2011: Winning the ozone battle, losing the climate war

Winning The Ozone Battle, Losing The Climate War

A report to the 23rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, from 21-25 November 2011 in Bali, Indonesia. The time has come for every international body and agency to take strong and immediate action to limit greenhouse gas emissions and halt climate change.

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EIA report into HFC's

Risk Assessment of Illegal Trade in HCFCs

Illegal trade in ozone depleting substances (ODS) arose as an unintended consequence of the phase-out of these materials and as illegal trade in ODS soared in the mid-1990s the Montreal Protocol, somewhat belatedly, responded through the creation of national import/export licensing systems.

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Report to 31st Meeting of Montreal Protocol’s Open Ended Working Group

A report to the 31st meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of parties to the Montreal Protocol. We urge Parties to resolve and reach agreement on funding and other issues to ensure we implement the final phase-out of ozone-depleting substances without further phasing in harmful HFCs

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