A new model for implementation. Climate change demands urgent action on multiple fronts and tackling super pollutants is among the most powerful levers available. Super pollutants – methane, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – are responsible for up to 45 per cent of current warming. Many are also short-lived climate pollutants […]
Fakes, Frauds and F-Gases exposes how illegal trade in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, continues to undermine climate policy across Europe.
The 97th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund (ExCom97) presents a critical opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of collaborative multilateralism and advance cost-effective climate and ozone mitigation at a time when global action is more urgent than ever.
Following revelations of unexpected CFC-11 emissions in 2018 and reports of record atmospheric HFC-23 concentrations and other unexpected emissions, legitimate questions have been raised as to whether the Montreal Protocol’s institutions and controls are fit for purpose, not only to sustain the phase-out of ozone depleting substances (ODS) but also to address the unique challenges of the hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) phase-down.
EIA urges all governments and parties to the Montreal Protocol to apply the precautionary principle, wherever possible avoiding the uptake of HFOs to avoid unnecessary risks to people and the planet. Governments, parties to the Montreal Protocol and manufacturers and commercial users of these products must act to implement a transition away from all F-gases.
Strategic Finance via a Multi-Partner Trust Fund Following its adoption in Glasgow, the Global Methane Pledge (GMP), currently at 159 signatories of which 118 are eligible for official development assistance (ODA), has spurred various new initiatives. However, financial support to date has been uneven, unpredictable and project-based, hindering implementation and effectiveness. Although there is some […]