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As part of its work in providing assistance to developing countries to fulfil their commitments under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the UNEP...

This fact sheet summarises and highlights the main elements of the Amendment of particular interest to countries operating under Article 5 of the Protocol (Article 5 Parties).

This fact sheet shows the four country groupings under the Kigali Amendment and provides a summary of the timetables and explains how to calculate the HFC baseline.

This fact sheet provides a list of the definition of terms and acronyms used in the Kigali Fact Sheet series as well as links to other useful information.

A look at the considerations and actions that Parties must make to come up with an optimal HFC phase-down strategy.

The current commercially available technologies, used as replacements for HCFCs, not only perform less efficiently in high-ambient conditions but may also possess high-GWP...

The number of single component refrigerants with different thermodynamic properties suitable for different types of equipment is limited. Growing demand for refrigeration and...

As the phase out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) progresses, it is expected that there will be a considerably higher uptake, in particular in developing countries, of...

Efficient tracking of MB use requires close monitoring and a full understanding of both controlled and exempted (QPS) uses (see box 1). The IPPC has developed a list of articles...

One of the important commitments of the Protocol is that of reporting the consumption and production of substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol. Following ratification...

COMMONLY USED NON-ODS SUBSTITUTE REFRIGERANTS 1. Global Warming Potential, WMO Scientific Assessment Report 2014; Report of the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps...

Decision XIX/6 of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer accelerated the phase-out of production and...

This fact sheet provides a summary of what Parties need to do when introducing new national legislation and setting up appropriate administrative procedures with regard to the...

Map of the regional network countries

The OzonAction Programme operates ten Regional Networks comprising 147 developing countries

UN Environment became an Implementing Agency of the Fund on 19 June 1991, and was given this clearinghouse mandate. Since then, the OzonAction Branch of the Law Division has...

An important Montreal Protocol issue that is currently being discussed and will need to be carefully considered in light of the HCFC phase-out Management Plans (HPMP) second or...

Until the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, or Harmonized System (HS) is revised in 2022, all HS codes for hydrofluorocarbons...

This document comprises both the Summary for Policymakers and the Technical Summary of the Working Group I (WGI) report. It represents, in conjunction with the 11 chapters of...