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, held in Montreal, Canada, from August 1-5, 2011
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Ozone Destroying Substances
Land of the Blue Sky, Mongolia hosts meeting on the illegal trade that threatens our ozone layer
As regular visitors to this blog will be aware, as part of our Global Environment Campaign, EIA has been fighting an ongoing battle against the illegal trade in ozone depleting substances for many years now. An unfortunate – yet avoidable – consequence of the global phase out of first CFCs, and now HCFCs, black market [...]
Subsidies for super greenhouse gas manufacture must be eliminated
Producers should pay for destruction of potent HFC-23 climate gas LONDON: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling for an end to the expensive United Nations (UN) program costing almost a billion euros a year to capture and destroy the super greenhouse gas HFC-23. On the eve of an expected decision by the UN’s Clean [...]
Wealthiest nations to begin funding phase-in of super greenhouse gases
Montreal, Canada: Faced with a funding shortfall for eliminating ozone-depleting substances (ODS), the Montreal Protocol is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to phase in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – even though these substances could sabotage international efforts to halt global warming. Despite its reputation as the most successful environmental accord in history, the Montreal [...]
A chance to stamp out bogus carbon credits
EU should put climate credibility ahead of harmful corporate greed THE London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) will tomorrow (Wednesday) address key European politicians and policy-makers in a bid to help end the corrupt global trade in bogus HFC-23 carbon credits. EIA has been at the forefront of efforts to expose and halt the hugely [...]
Massive greenhouse gas emissions could be prevented by ozone convention
Montreal Protocol actions would exceed UNFCCC/Kyoto reductions While most of the world is focused on the UNFCCC climate negotiations leading up to the December meeting in Cancun, next week’s Montreal Protocol meeting will consider three distinct decisions, each of which would produce greater emission reductions than those resulting from the first commitment period of the [...]