Climate reports

Front cover of our report entitled The Montreal Protocol in 2012: Celebrating Past Achievements Facing up to Future Challenges

The Montreal Protocol in 2012

As we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol and its history of unparalleled success, we owe it to ourselves to reflect not just on our achievements, but also on the challenges ahead, which we are currently failing to address

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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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Chilling Facts IV

The latest of our annual reports focusing on the use of climate-damaging refrigerants in major supermarket chains and progress to move away from harmful HFCs to climate-friendly alternatives. Chilling Facts IV finds 344 stores have now made the transition, with thousands of engineers trained to service them

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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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