THE 26th Meeting of the Parties (MoP26) to the
Montreal Protocol will convene in Paris from Monday, November 17, 2014.
Climate policy is currently at the top of the global political agenda, with the meeting taking place just days after the
landmark agreement between China and the US on curbing greenhouse gas emissions and ahead of December’s United Nations climate conference in Lima.
The Environmental Investigation Agency anticipates
two key issues will dominate the week-long talks:
• the level of contributions from developed countries to the
Montreal Protocol’s financial mechanism (the Multilateral Fund, or MLF) to assist developing nations to meet their obligations to phase out ozone depleting substances;
• discussions on
a global agreement to eliminate hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), highly
potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigeration and air
conditioning. Several initiatives to control HFCs will be on the table,
including
a new paper from the European Union.
EIA has released the report
New Trends in ODS Smuggling to focus Parties’ attention on the growing illegal trade.
In addition, EIA will be hosting the side event
Closing the Door on HFCs: New Opportunities for Cool Technology Growth
from 13:00 to 15:00 on Monday November 17 in Room III of the UNESCO Building.
The event will cover information from EIA’s latest
Chilling Facts report on HFC-free supermarket
refrigeration, with new topics including action in South Africa and
recent technology breakthroughs. Global retailer
Carrefour will be a guest speaker and EIA will launch
Cool Technologies: a guide to working without HFCs, a joint EIA/Greenpeace online searchable database.
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