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Building
the Green Climate Fund
13 December 2010 - ...Just
as the Montreal Protocol required funds to come into force, a global
fund for adaptation, mitigation and forest preservation is needed
to bring all nations into today’s process...
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U.S. Center at COP-16: U.S., Mexico, Canada Collaborate To Reduce
Greenhouse Gases
9 December 2010 - Advances
in air conditioning and refrigeration have improved our lives, but
their uses have also resulted in substantial climate impacts. At
the U.S. Center on December 9, representatives from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
explored how the United States, Canada, and Mexico are dealing with
the growth in use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC).
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Near- term Climate mitigation
7 December 2010 ...Mario Molina, Centro Mario Molina, noted that
non-CO2  pollutants
have proven to be detrimental to human health. He said Mexico City,
which was one of the most polluted cities in the world, has been
successful in improving air quality by regulating the use of some
non-CO2 pollutants. Molina referred to the Montreal Protocol as
a successful mechanism, which largely phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs).
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Low
Profile and Low expectations at Cancun, but an interesting twist
6 December 2010 -
The Conference of the Parties (COP) 16 for international climate
change negotiations in Cancun enters its second week, and unlike
last year’s Copenhagen, the profile has been very subdued.
Primarily that is because expectations are significantly lower going
into this negotiating session than existed at last year’s Copenhagen
meeting.
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 Antarct
ic
ozone hole smallest in 5 years
2 December 2010 -
International efforts to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons
and other ozone-depleting substances may be paying off, according
to research revealed Friday by the National Institute of Water and
Atmospheric Research in New Zealand.
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Is
the Clean Development Mechanism adding to the production of pollutants?
- 1 December 2010
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When the Clean Development Mechanism was first tabled in 1997 as
part of the Kyoto Protocol, it seemed a simple and effective way
to reduce global carbon emissions.
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more...
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The
future of industrial gas CERs...
Int'l Negotiators Eye Ozone Treaty as Shortcut to CO2 Deal
30 November 2010 -
A proposal to curb some of the world's most potent heat-trapping
gases by expanding a decades-old treaty appears to be turning heads.
With international attempts to broker major climate deals falling
short, expanding the Montreal Protocol may represent the best shot
at fighting rising temperatures, some analysts say. And overcoming
one of the most formidable hurdles to this approach may be on the
menu at the global warming summit in Cancun, Mexico.
Read more...
Beyond HFCs welcomes stance of the Consumer Goods Forum against
HFCs
30 November 2010 -
Cancun, Mexico. Brussels, 30
November 2010: At the kick-off of the climate talks in Cancun, Mexico,
yesterday, the members of the Consumer Goods Forum announced their
intention to ban the use of refrigerant gases with high global warming
potential, namely HFCs, by 2015 and to replace them with natural
refrigerants.
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more...
New front opens in war against global warming
30 November 2010 -
Many policymakers and business leaders have come to see the most
basic method of slowing global warming - cutting carbon dioxide
emissions through a binding treaty - as elusive for now. They are
turning their attention instead toward a more achievable goal: curbing
other greenhouse gases that are warming the planet.
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Non-CO2 Pollutants Are Promising Target in Cancun
30 November 2010
 Stakes
High, Expectations Low as Climate Talks Open in Cancun
29 November 2010
Unted Nations Climate Change Conference Cancun - COP 16
29 November 2010
Europe Proposes Restrictions on Emissions Trading
29 November 2010
Cancun needs realism, not blind hope
28 November 2010
To fight Climate Change, Clear the Air
27 November 2010
Environment
Ministry freezes HCFC imports to the Maldives
25 November 2010
Support
Grows for Expansion of Ozone Treaty
12 November 2010
Ozone
treaty could be used for greenhouse gases
9 November 2010
A
Novel Tactic in Climate Fight Gains some Traction
8 November 2010
Success in Restoring the Ozone Layer, Mixed News for Climate Change
27 September 2010
The
Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for the Preservation
of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 2010
This year, the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone
Layer highlights the central role of good governance in pursuit
of environmental goals. In general, successful environmental agreements
require a broad framework, clear targets and a gradual approach
to implementation. Then, as governments gain confidence, they build
on initial steps and set more ambitious goals.
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Rajendra
Shende's International Ozone Day message
 Dear
Ozone family members,
Let me wish you very happy Ozone Day. This year is special because
it is the 25 th anniversary of the discovery of the Ozone Hole and
it is aslo the year in which the world has put CFCs and other ozone
depleting chemicals in history books. Nothing more than the extract
from June 2010 report on the Millennium Development Goals and the
message from the UN Secretary-General are needed to celebrate our
collective labour today.
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more...
New
Report Highlights Two-Way Link Between Ozone Layer and Climate Change
Geneva/Nairobi,
16 September 2010 - International efforts to protect the ozone layer-the
shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet
rays-are a success and have stopped additional ozone losses and
contributed to mitigating the greenhouse effect, according to a
new report.
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Twenty
three years after the signing of the Montreal protocol, the ozone
layer has stabilized but a large Antarctic ozone hole continues
to occur on a yearly basis
The
United Nations declared the 16th of September as the International
Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer to commemorate the 16th
of September 1987, the date when the Montreal Protocol was signed.
The Protocol controls the production and use of ozone-depleting
substances. It is an outstanding example of a successful cooperation
between scientists, governments, non-government organizations and
industry as well as between developed and developing countries.
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more...
Bhutan
Raising Gross National Happiness: Deriving Climate Benefits from
Ozone Layer Protection
Thimpu, 10 August 2010 - Today, a small country in the lap of Himalaya
has taken a giant step. Bhutan, one of the few countries in the
world where sustainable development is embedded in its constitution,
has made a historic decision to further advance the phase out of
the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) – a powerful Green House
Gas and Ozone Depleting substance by 10 years.
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more...
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fast tracks its commitment
Phasing
out HCFCs by 2020 - Bhutan Observer
Phasing
out HCFCs by 2020 - Kuensel
JumpStart
Partnership Achieving Climate Benefit from HCFC Phase-out
29 July 2010, Brussels –
Up to 25 GtCO2-eq. emissions between now and
2050 could be eliminated through the phase-out of Hydrochloro-fluorocarbons
(HCFCs). Such phase-out will also bring a net benefit of advancing
the recovery of the ozone layer by up to 3.3 years. Today a tool-box
developed by the OzonAction Branch of UNEP DTIE, with the support
of the European Commission (ENRTP), the Swedish Environmental Protection
Agency and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal
Protocol, was launched to help developing countries to contribute
to this goal.
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more...
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HCFC policy & legislative options
Guidance
on the Process for Selecting Alternatives to HCFCs in Foams
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to HCFCs in the Refrigeration and Air conditioning Sector
The
Unparalleled Success of the Montreal Protocol Shows that Action
on
 Climate
Change is Within our Grasp
Without the action prompted by the
Montreal Protocol and its Vienna Convention, atmospheric levels
of ozone-depleting substances
would grow 10-fold by 2050. The resulting exposure to the sun's
ultraviolet radiation would likely have led to up to 20 million
additional cases of skin cancer and 130 million more cases of eye
cataracts; it would also have caused damage to human immune systems,
wildlife and agriculture. For much of the world, the time it takes
to get sunburned would have been dramatically reduced, due to a
500-per cent increase in DNA-damaging ultraviolet radiation...
An excerpt from the Millennium
Development Goals Report 2010
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the full report
Pakistan
Committed to its Obligations
03 July, 2010, Islamabad –
Pakistan is fully committed to its international obligations towards
protecting the earth and its fragile atmosphere, Minister for Environment
Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi said.
He expressed these views while addressing an international seminar
on 'Impact of Ozone Depleting Substances and Energy Efficiency in
Defence Applications', held in Bhurban by the Ministry of Environment
in collaboration with United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
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more...
SOURCE:
The News, Pakistan
Major climate decisions brewing in obscure ozone treaty talks
18 June 2010- Governments
moved closer Friday to curbing the use of chemicals commonly used
as coolants in refrigerators, air conditioners, hair spray and other
household items in what some say would be among their biggest climate
decisions ever.
The obscure round of U.N. ozone treaty talks in Geneva, which few
people are following, laid the groundwork this week for a possible
decision in Uganda in November to halt the promotion of hydrofluorocarbons,
or HFCs, which are manmade chemicals not found naturally in the
environment, and are considered greenhouse gases.
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more...
Maldives
is Walking the Talk: Deriving Climate Benefits from Ozone Layer
Protection
 Male,
10 June 2010- Today, President Mohamed Nasheed, the Vice President
and a number of ministers from the Maldives announced an important
Joint Declaration for the Implementation of the HCFC
Phase out Management Plan (HPMP) during the inauguration of the
High-Level Roundtable Dialogue on HPMP and its contribution on Carbon
Neutrality.
"We believe that going
green isn't just ecologically sound but also  economically
beneficial. The Maldives is famed for its luxury resorts, whose
refrigeration systems are the source of most of the country's HCFC
emissions. Moving early to phase out the use of HCFCs not only helps
protect the beautiful tropical environment tourists come to see
but also positions Maldives as a strong eco-destination" said
President Nasheed."
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more ...
Mobile
Air Conditioning (MAC) and the Environment: India Policy Workshop
on the status of MAC Replacement Technologies, New Delhi, India,
7-8 June 2010
7 June 2010- Mobile vehicle
air-conditioning results in direct emissions of refrigerant gases
and indirect emissions of tailpipe greenhouse gases from the additional
fuel that is burned to power the AC system. In conformance with
the requirements of the Montreal Protocol the Indian MAC systems
have done away with the usage of ozone-depleting CFC-12 as refrigerant
in MACs in all new vehicles, although some servicing of old MAC
equipment is still required. The current replacement refrigerant,
HFC 134a, still has a high global warming potential and is included
in the basket of greenhouse gases controlled under the Kyoto Protocol.
It was estimated that in 2002, two third of the total HFC emissions
were emissions from MAC systems.
This
workshop will offer the opportunity for international and India's
experts and stakeholders to meet and exchange on the latest technology
and market developments and their environmental impacts. It is organised
as part of the UNEP "JumpStart" project on "Reducing
car emissions in China and India's Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC)
sector: Next-generation MAC technology support", which is funded
by the European Union.
View videos related to this workshop:
 The
MAC Curtain Raiser
 Dr
Rajendra Pachauri, Chairperson of the Inter Governmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)
 Philip
Owen, Head, Ozone and GHGs Unit, European Commission
For other videos related to this event click OzonAction
You Tube playlist 'International MAC workshops.'
UNEP OzonAction
China
Regulates Ozone Depleting Substances
Bangkok/ Beijing, 1 June 2010- After having closed down
all its production plants for CFCs much ahead of the schedule of
the Montreal Protocol, the world's largest producer of Ozone Depleting
Substances ( ODS) , China, has enacted today the Regulations on
the Administration that include controls over consumption, trade,
import, export and production of remaining ODS.
Read more ...
UNEP ROAP
View videos
related to this workshop:
 Mr
Qian Yonggui, General Manager, Nanjing Aotecar Refrigerating Co.
Ltd.
 Dr
Tian Changqing, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mr
Yu Yuan Jun, Secretary General of China Automobile Air-Conditioner
Special Association, Professor/Senior Engineer, Mudanjiang Automobile
Air-Conditioning Compressor Co. Ltd.
For other videos related to this event
click OzonAction
You Tube playlist 'International MAC workshops.'
UNEP OzonAction
 Asia
Pacific Media Seminar on Ozone Protection and Climate Benefit
24th May 2010 - Beijing
Join international ozone, climate and media experts in
a lively discussion about the role of the Asian media in covering
"Ozone Protection and Climate Benefit." Get the scoop
on the "hot" stories as the region prepares for the phase
out of HCFCs. And debate how the Montreal Protocol is now a new
climate treaty where developed and developing country agreed to
legally binding commitments, and where additional funds are on the
table to mitigate climate change, ahead of the next climate change
conference in Mexico later this year.
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more ...
14 May 2010
 The
Antarctic Ozone Hole: Then and Now: 25 years since the discovery
of Antarctic ozone depletion
A quarter of a century has now passed since ozone depletion in Antarctica
was first discovered by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey
and reported in the internationally renowned journal Nature in May
1985.
On the 7th May 2010 a symposium was
held in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge,
UK, to celebrate the publication of this paper. The United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction Programme was invited to
this prestigious event and attended in its Information Clearinghouse
role under the Montreal Protocol's Multilateral Fund.
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full article...
OzonAction filmed short interviews
with several of key scientists participating, which it is now pleased
to share with the wider Montreal Protocol community (see below).
The following videos can be viewed
on the OzonAction channel on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/ozonaction).
Click on the pictures/links below:
Dr. Susan Solomon
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 Dr.
Paul Crutzen
Nobel Prize Winner of Chemistry in 1995
 Dr.
Jonathan Shanklin
The British Antarctic Survey
 Dr.
David Fahey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
UNEP OzonAction
7 May 2010
Related articles:
Live
webcast:
Symposium
celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of the Farman
et al paper announcing the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole.
Deep reflections on the ozone story
Whatever
happened to the Hole in the Ozone Layer?
Whatever happened to the Ozone Hole?
 Asthma
Media Awards - entry now open
Online applications are now open for the National Asthma Council
Australia's 2009/10 Asthma Media Awards. The Awards, which were
originally established by the National Asthma Council Australia
in 1998, celebrate the important role the media play in asthma education
in Australia, acknowledging and rewarding achievement and excellence.
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more...
National Asthma Council
Australia
1 April 2010
Developing
Country Journalists Honoured by United Nations for best Ozone and
Climate Reporting
Paris, 22 April 2010, Earth
Day - As the curtain is now fully raised on the world stage
in which ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons are
no longer produced, three journalists have received top honours
from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for their reporting
on ozone depletion and climate issues. Read
more ...
Winners and articles:
| Mr.
Essa Alkhroussi |
Ozone
is Recovering in the Sultanate
(Oman Daily, Oman) |
| Mr.
Alejandro Balaguer |
Ozono
a Salvo
(La Prensa de Panamá - Section Vivir+, Panama) |
| Mr.
Umesh Kumar Raghuwanshi |
No
Option: Switch to CFC -free ACs
(Hindustan Times, India) |
UNEP OzonAction
22 April 2010
 Afghanistan
and UNEP form partnership against smuggling of ozone depleting chemicals
Today an important partnership was forged to combat the illegal
trade in chemicals which destroy the earth’s protective ozone
layer and contribute to climate change. The partnership was cemented
through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between
the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology,
Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE) OzonAction Programme, Afghanistan’s
National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) and Afghanistan’s
Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance (ACD) at a ceremony
held today at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok,
Thailand.
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more...
UNEP OzonAction
24 March 2010
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IPL will help bring awareness about environment issues
The
Indian Premier League (IPL) will go green from this year. Through
a partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
the IPL will help bring awareness about environment issues among
the 250 million spectators who will watch the game on stadium and
television.
Rajendra Shende, Head of Ozone Action Group
of UNEP announced the partnership in a press conference arranged
in the city on Tuesday.
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more...
Indian Express
11 March 2010
 Avances
en el Protocolo de Montreal
Un primer ciclo del Protocolo de Montreal terminó con éxitos
al eliminarse el consumo del clorofluorcarbonos (CFC) en los equipos
de refrigeración; teniendo como fecha límite el 1
de enero de 2010; esto gracias al esfuerzo de las partes involucradas.
Así lo dio a conocer la coordinadora de las Redes de Acción
por el Ozono del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente
(PNUMA) de Panamá, Mirian Vega.
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more...
Fondo de Reconversión
Industrial - FONDOIN
8 March 2010
 Your
Air Conditioning System May Contribute to Skin Cancer
Environmentalists from across
the Caribbean came to Belize to take part in the Caribbean Ozone
Officers Network Meeting which will be taking place from March 2
to March 5. The key topic in the meeting is the implications and
requirements of the recent decisions of the Montreal Protocol.
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more...
The Guardian
4 March 2010
:
Environmental
Specialists Discuss O-Zone Depletion
Caribbean
leaders work on keeping the ozone layer in tact
Jump Start: HCFC Phase-out for Ozone and Climate Benefit
UNEP
OzonAction
26 February 2010
Media Strategy: Policies, Planning, Approaches defined to Heal the
Ozone Layer
This Media Strategy paper focuses on leveraging the expertise and
multiplier effect of the media to reach out the highlights of events
and activities related to the implementation of the Montreal Protocol
, on emerging issues and remaining challenges under the Montreal
Protocol in order to inspire other countries to accelerate their
phase out efforts and to reach out the lessons from the Montreal
Protocol; and build the capacity of the Media to understand, digest,
and disseminate the 'multitude' of benefits of the Montreal Protocol,
notably related to climate change so that compliance with the Protocol
proceeds with full environmental co benefits.
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more...
Mobilise
Co-Financing Ozone Protection and Climate Change: Partnership with
Private Sector on Information, Education and Communication
 This
paper recognizes this important mile-stone event and considers the
remaining
tasks under the Montreal Protocol i.e. servicing the existing CFC
based equipment, disposal and management of the CFC banks, remaining
phase out of Methyl Bromide and ensuring the sustainability of the
phase out of the Ozone
Depleting Substances (ODS) that has already taken place. It proposes
enhancing existing and new partnerships with the private sector
that has played and continues to play very constructive and positive
role in implementing the Montreal Protocol. UNEP OzonAction aims,
by
following approaches defined in this paper, to promote ozone and
climate friendly phase out activities during the 'second phase'
of the Montreal Protocol and more importantly enable the developing
countries to accrue significant climate benefit.
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more...
24 February 2010
The Maldives, the First Winner in Carbon Neutral and Ozone-Friendly
Race - The Maldives pledged to phase out Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
(HCFCs)- a group of chemicals which are ozone-depleting and powerful
greenhouse gases by 2020, 20 years ahead of the Montreal Protocol
phase out schedule. This decision is in line with the country’s
pledge to go carbon neutral by 2020 as its contribution to tackling
climate change.
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more...
17 February 2010
UN
Agency assisting Vanuatu to move out of blacklist - The
Vanuatu Government is working together with United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP) officials that are in the country to assist in the
return to compliance to the protection of the stratospheric ozone
layer protocol. The return to compliance will be beneficial not
only for Vanuatu but also to the global environment, especially
when Vanuatu has been vocal on the issue of climate change that
is also affecting the country as a result of the destruction of
the environment’s natural protection by dangerous chemicals
used by humans for luxury purposes.
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more...
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