Summary
The thirty-seventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG 37) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer convened for its third day on Wednesday, 6 April 2016, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Contact Group on the Feasibility and Ways of Managing Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs Management Contact Group) resumed its discussions of the key challenges. The morning’s discussions addressed funding, intellectual property rights (IPR), flexibility in implementation, exemptions, and the relationship of an HFC amendment with the hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) phase-out.
The afternoon’s discussions continued deliberations on the relationship of an HFC amendment with the HCFC phase-out and began discussions on the legal aspects, synergies and other issues related to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The evening’s session addressed exemption processes and a “compliance deferral” approach as well as a mechanism for periodic review of alternatives.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage,provided daily web coverage from the 37th OEWG. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has producd a summary and analysis report of the 37th OEWG, which is available in HTML and PDF formats.
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Room view during the morning session
Claudia Paratori Cortés, Chile
Gilles Christian Mangongo, Gabon
Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait
Manoj Kumar Singh, India
Taha Zatari, Saudi Arabia
Participants conferring before the evening session
Manoj Kumar Singh and Arumugam Duraisamy, India
Samuel Pare, Burkina Faso, with Ismael Nour, Djibouti
Samuel Pare, Burkina Faso, with Béatrice Vincent, France
John Thompson, US, with Valeria M. Gonzalez Posse, Argentina
Enoh Peter Ayuk, Cameroon
John Thompson, US
Zhou Xiaofang, China
Participants networking during lunch break
From L-R: Gudi Alkemade, European Union (EU); Philippe Chemouny, Canada; and John Thompson, US
Petra Hinterauer, Hungary, with Michelle Cortis, Malta
Participants networking during lunch break
Bonfils Safari, SAP Co-Chair, Rwanda, with Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat
From L-R: Maria Verónica Grygianec, Argentina; Rafael Da Soler, Brazil; and Valeria M. Gonzalez Posse, Argentina
From L-R: Catherine Wahlén and Jennifer Lenhart, IISD, with OEWG 37 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria
Side Event: Implementation of the EU Quota System on HFC Consumption
Side Event: Results of the CCAC-UNDP Feasibility Study for District Cooling on the island of Male, Maldives
Jacques Van Engel, UNDP
Denise Sioson, CCAC Secretariat
