Reducing emissions of F-gases as a means of avoiding dangerous climate change
Background document on HFCs in advance of the European Commission’s Review of the F-Gas Regulation.
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We have the chance to nip illegal HCFC trade in the bud
It might have escaped most people’s attention that today, September 16, is World Ozone Day. Or, to put it more long-windedly, the ‘International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer’. However, it probably won’t have escaped attention that the hole in the ozone layer, the cause of global consternation in the 1970s and ’80s, [...]
HCFC phase-out at risk from illegal trade
LONDON: The phase-out of hydrochlorofluoro- carbons (HCFCs) under the Montreal Protocol could be undermined by black market trade unless enforcement agencies are prepared, a new report warns. The report Risk Assessment of Illegal Trade in HCFCs, jointly produced by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was released today on [...]
Risk Assessment of Illegal Trade in HCFCs
A report by EIA and United Nations Environment Programme on how the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) under the Montreal Protocol could be undermined by black market trade unless enforcement agencies are prepared
Reporting live from the 31st OEWG of the Montreal Protocol
It’s the last day of the OEWG and time to take a step back and see what we’ve achieved.
Treaty to restore ozone layer delivers massive climate protection
Montreal, Canada. While international climate talks remain deadlocked, the Montreal Protocol has been methodically eliminating some of the worst chemicals contributing to global warming. International ozone negotiators meeting in Montreal last week approved country plans to phase out ozone-depleting substances (ODS) which are also super greenhouse gases (GHGs) harmful to the global climate. By 2015, [...]