Summary
The twenty-eighth Meeting of the Parties (MOP 28) to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer opened in Kigali, Rwanda on Monday, 10 October 2016.
Parties convened in the morning to hear opening statements and address organizational matters. They also discussed the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) reports on alternatives to ozone depleting substances, and an assessment of the climate benefits and financial implications of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) phasedown schedules in the amendment proposals.
The afternoon’s discussion addressed, inter alia, agenda items on critical-use and essential-use exemptions, the Dubai pathway on HFCs, terms of reference for the 2018–2020 Multilateral Fund replenishment study, the TEAP and Scientific Assessment Panel (SAP) report on analysis of carbon tetrachloride (CTC) discrepancies, and a proposal to establish an ad hoc standards coordination group.
The HFC Management Contact Group met in the evening to continue its work.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided web coverage and a report from the Resumed OEWG38. In addition, IISD Reporting Services provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from MOP 28. The summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.
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Morning Plenary
View of the dais during the morning plenary
Vincent Biruta, Minister of Natural Resources, Rwanda
Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat
OEWG 38 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria
Bella Maranion, Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) Co-Chair
OEWG 38 Co-Chair Leslie Smith, Grenada
Lambert Kuijpers, TEAP Senior Expert
Helen Tope, Medical Technical Options Committee (TOC) Co-Chair
Ashley Woodcock, TEAP Co-Chair
Laura Berón, Argentina
Manoj Kumar Singh, India
Marindany Kirui, Kenya
Ghazi Al Odat, Jordan
Mazen Khalil Hussein, Lebanon
Nada Aldabashi, Kuwait
Khalid Hammad, Sudan
Delegates during plenary
Signing Ceremony between the EU and the Ozone Secretariat
To mark the opening of MOP 28, the Ozone Secretariat and the EU's Head of Delegation sign an agreement for a
financial contribution to support the Secretariat's activities related to HFCs up to the end of 2017
Philip Owen, EU, and Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat, sign the agreement
Afternoon Plenary
View of the dais during the afternoon plenary
Obed Baloyi, South Africa
Jayaprakash Murulitharan, Malaysia
Philip Owen, EU
Ahmed El Korashy, Egypt
Philippe Chemouny, Canada
Saad Al Numairy, UAE
Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan
Alaa Aljahdali, Saudi Arabia
Bruce Edwards, Australia
Narayan Raj Timilsena, Nepal
Enoh Peter Ayuk, Cameroon
Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland
Delegates during the session
HCF Management Contact Group
Delegates during the HFC Management Contact Group
Cindy Newburg, US
HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chairs Xia Yingxian, China, and Patrick McInerney, Australia
Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland
Ahmed El Korashy, Egypt
Legal Drafting Group
The Legal Drafting Group meets in the evening
Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat
Rafael Da Soler, Brazil
Masa Nagai, Senior Legal Advisor, UNEP
Evening Side Events
Side event titled 'Integrating the HFC Amendment in ongoing national mitigation actions'
Side event titled 'Not-in-Kind Alternatives (NIK) to HFCs, Near-term HFC Reduction Opportunities, and Long Term Costs of Production of HFO-1234yf'
Around the Venue
Delegates gather for the start of plenary
Delegates speak informally between sessions
Delegates from Kuwait
Proceedings are filmed by media teams
