Sentences with phrase «protocol phasing down»

An amendment to the Montreal Protocol phasing down these gases will lead to significant near - term climate change mitigation.

The amendment to the Montreal Protocol phasing down heat - trapping hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which was adopted in the early hours of Saturday in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, is in part the result of 7 1/2 years of lobbying and maneuvering by the Obama administration, environmental advocacy community and U.S. industry bent on using the ozone treaty to phase down the climate - forcing chemicals.

Not exact matches

As parties to the Montreal Protocol consider an amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one critical concern is the availability of zero - or low - global warming potential (low - GWP) alternatives to replace high - global warming potential (GWP) HFCs.

UN representatives gathered in Kigali and agreed to phase - down the use of HFCs from 2019 as part of the Kigali Amendment to the Protocol.

Under the Montreal Protocol, Quarantine and Pre-Shipment and feedstock uses are not subject to phase - down, while non-Quarantine and Pre-Shipment uses (i.e. those uses that do not fall within the definition of Quarantine and Pre-Shipment or the definition of feedstock) have been phased out, apart from a small number of exempted critical uses.

I note that the three countries are joint sponsors of an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs globally.

For the first time, the United States and China will work together and with other countries to use the expertise and institutions of the Montreal Protocol to phase down the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), among other forms of multilateral cooperation.

Regarding HFCs, the United States and China agreed to work together and with other countries through multilateral approaches that include using the expertise and institutions of the Montreal Protocol to phase down the production and consumption of HFCs, while continuing to include HFCs within the scope of UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol provisions for accounting and reporting of emissions.

Parties to the Montreal Protocol met last month in Vienna to negotiate a global phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

• The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has been calling for a phase - down amendment under the Montreal Protocol since 2007.

The announcement comes at a critical time as the world's governments seek to finalize a global agreement under the Montreal Protocol to phase down all hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

• In 2009, the Federated States of Micronesia and Mauritius were the first countries to propose an amendment under the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs.

As Parties to Montreal Protocol negotiate a global agreement for an HFC phase - down this year, several safety standards and building codes are threatening to limit the climate ambition and effectiveness of this agreement by blocking the uptake of low global warming potential (GWP), energy efficient alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)- based cooling around the world.

«The proposal sends a positive signal that the SNAP program is actively receiving and reviewing listings in an effort to move to the most environmentally friendly refrigerants, especially since the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol was agreed to last year by all 197 Parties to phase - down HFCs globally.»

Finally, after years of negotiations, the global community agreed to a phase down of these potent greenhouse gases in October 2016, again under the Montreal Protocol.

Parties to the Montreal Protocol met last month in Vienna to negotiate a global phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-greenhouse gases that are thousands...

15 October, Kigali: Climate Action Network welcomes the outcome reached in Kigali under the Montreal Protocol to phase down «super greenhouse gases» known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

A phase - down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) at the Montreal Protocol would rid the world of HFCs in the largest, fastest and most cost - effective mitigation option currently available.

Developed countries need to provide adequate funding and technology transfer under the Montreal Protocol's Multilateral Fund to enable developing countries to remain on track with their phase - down schedule.

In the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol adopted in 2016, parties agreed to phase - down hydrofluorocarbons, the fastest growing climate pollutants.

More resources: Ozone Secretariat CAN Briefing Paper: Achieving an ambitious outcome on HFC Phasedown under the Montreal Protocol in 2016 (Climate Action Network International) Momentum growing for HFC agreement as Vienna talks kick - off (Natural Resources Defense Council) Primer on HFCs (Institute of Governance and Sustainable Development) The importance of ambition in the 2016 HFC phase - down agreement (Environmental Investigation Agency)

The October 2016 Montreal Protocol meeting in Kigali, Rwanda is expected to yield a global agreement to phase down HFCs.

Since 1998, EIA has been in the vanguard of organisations urging Parties to the Montreal Protocol to address the use of HFCs and that vision is poised to become a reality with an amendment to phase - down HFCs expected to be agreed at a meeting next month in Kigali.

Last year, every country in the world committed to phase - down HFCs under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

Phasing down HFCs under the Montreal Protocol is the most cost - effective, short - term and fast - action strategy for reducing GHG emissions.

One initiative being discussed is the phase - down of the «super greenhouse gases» HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) under the Montreal Protocol.

«We and others believe that the best framework for implementing the phase - down is the Montreal protocol,» Runge - Metzger told reporters.

In the build - up to 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol launched formal negotiations on one of the largest, fastest and most cost - effective global climate mitigation measures available — the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

As parties to the Montreal Protocol consider an amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one critical concern is the availability of zero - or low - global warming potential (low - GWP) alternatives to replace high - global warming potential (GWP) HFCs.

This cooperation includes technical and policy exchanges on the development of fuel efficiency standards for trucks and buses, continued progress towards implementation of CCUS projects with the selection of a project site in China as the large - scale CCUS demonstration project announced last November, cooperation on reducing HFCs, including private sector commitments to promote climate - friendly alternatives to HFCs, and continued support for phasing down HFCs through the Montreal Protocol, and additional cooperation on direct mitigation efforts across multiple other sectors.

However, an even more compelling reason to phase down HFCs is that it provides Indian industry an opportunity to use incremental funding from the Montreal Protocol to improve the energy efficiency of air conditioners, refrigerators, and other appliances domestically.

So the big question now is, will India support an agreement this year to phase down HFCs at the Montreal Protocol this year?

In order to move an HFC phase down forward, the Montreal Protocol has planned for a two - day technical workshop in April with a focus on HFCs, including alternatives for HFCs in air conditioning in hotter climates.

At the recent G20 summit in St Petersburg, world leaders supported using the «expertise and institutions of the Montreal Protocol to phase down the production and consumption of [HFCs]».

Two proposals to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs were introduced in 2009; one, a North American proposal by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and the other sponsored by Micronesia, Morocco, and the Maldives, were met with resistance from a handful of countries such as India and China for the last five years.

India and Saudi Arabia have both made interventions against using the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs at COP19.

• The European Union introduced an alternative approach for phasing down HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, wherein developing country targets are more flexible.

ECO was pleased to wake up Sunday to the news that Presidents Obama and Xi had agreed to work together to combat climate change by phasing down the super greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), under the Montreal Protocol.

Good news is that many countries at COP19 have specifically identified using the Montreal Protocol, the treaty set up to tackle the hole in the ozone layer, to phase down the consumption and production of these super greenhouse gases while allowing the UNFCCC to account for HFC emissions.

This meeting of the Montreal Protocol indicated that an actual agreement to phase down HFCs might be quite possible next year.

Four HFC phase down amendment proposals have been filed with the Montreal Protocol by the North American countries, Micronesia and other island countries, the European Union, and India, in total representing 40 countries.

All eyes are now on the next intersessional meeting of the Montreal Protocol happening in a few weeks, hoping it will turn this political arrangement into concrete, short - term action, which must not stop at phasing down, but start phasing out with appropriate finance and technology support to developing countries.

Governments must start creating an atmosphere of winning at these climate negotiations, stop listening to a narrow group of corporate interests, and start with a big win — agreeing to phase down HFCs under the Montreal Protocol.

By phasing down HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, 100 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent could be mitigated by 2050.

By approving an HFC Workshop and a special meeting with a focus on HFCs next year, as well as robust funding for developing countries, this Montreal Protocol meeting has sent a clear signal that the international community is ready for an HFC phase down.

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a global agreement reached last year to phase - down HFCs, could help avoid up to half a degree Celsius of warming by the end of this century.

Although more than 120 countries, including the United States, support an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs, India has been one of the few countries opposed to the Amendment proposal.

From hard - hitting investigations on illegal ODS trade to successful advocacy to accelerate the HCFC [hydrochlorofluorocarbons] phase - out and adopt a global HFC phase - down, EIA plays a unique and valuable role within the Montreal Protocol family.

«EIA campaigners regularly participate at Montreal Protocol and MLF meetings, and have produced over 30 publications providing technical, legal and policy advice to support an HFC phase - down.»

CFCs are incredibly stable molecules that must travel high into the stratosphere before breaking down, so though the phasing out of CFCs is working, the impact of the Montreal Protocol won't be noticeable in the ozone layer until about 2025, Kramarova said.