Reporting live from the 31st OEWG of the Montreal Protocol
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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, [...]
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
Public and private sectors in partnership to face new challenges with trade in ozone-depleting chemicals
Twenty-one international delegates and 14 local experts met at the recently concluded Summit with the Private Sector on Trade in Ozone Depleting Substances (Ulaanbaatar 2.0) organised by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Asia is the largest producer and consumer of Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS). Over the [...]
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 [...]
Chilling Facts III
Reports Progress into 3rd year campaign of reducing reliance on harmful CFC’s across Britain’s Supermarket Chains