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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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. 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

The resumed session of the thirty-eighth Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG 38) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer met in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday, 8 October 2016. Parties convened to continue and conclude the work of the Contact Group on the Feasibility and Ways of Managing HFCs (HFC Management Contact Group), as agreed to under the Dubai pathway on HFCs (the Dubai pathway). Having concluded work on generating solutions to agreed challenges at the previous OEWG 38 session, the Contact Group resumed discussions on issues related to proposed amendments, including calculation of baselines and commencement years for any freezes and reduction steps. Plenary briefly reconvened in the evening to hear a report back from the HFC Management Contact Group, noting that the Contact Group’s work will continue during the twenty-eighth Meeting of the Parties (MOP 28), which commences on Monday, 10 October. OEWG 38 closed at 8:04 pm. 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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Morning Plenary and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) Management Contact Group View of the dais during the morning plenary Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat OEWG 38 Co-Chair Leslie Smith, Grenada Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait OEWG 38 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair ​Patrick McInerney​, Australia Delegates during the session Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla, Senegal Philip Owen, EU Sergey Vasiliev, Russian Federation Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan Enoh Peter Ayuk, Cameroon Ahmed El Korashy, Egypt Manoj Kumar Singh, India Coletha Ruhamya, Rwanda Obed Baloyi, South Africa Laura Juliana Arciniegas, Colombia Samuel Paré, Burkina Faso Annie Gabriel, Australia Rafael Da Soler, Brazil John Thompson, US HFC Management Contact Group and Afternoon Plenary Delegates gather for the afternoon session HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair Xia Yingxian, China Lucie Desforges, Canada Raad Kadhum Hasan, Iraq Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland Idris Abdullahi, Nigeria Delegates huddle at the close of plenary Around the Venue Delegates meet informally before the start of plenary Delegates speak informally between sessions Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia, speaks with Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan Delegates before the morning plenary Delegates from India HFC Management Contact Group Co-Chair ​Patrick McInerney​, Australia Delegates speak informally Around the Kigali Convention Centre

CITES CoP17 approached the finish line with the Committees wrapping up their work. Proposals to downlist and uplist populations of African elephants were defeated in Committee I, as was the proposal to permit a limited and regulated trade in white rhino horn. Committee II adopted a core budget increase of 0.24% and two additional posts. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report in English and French from CITES CoP17. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Committee I View of the plenary during Committee I Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I Maxi Pia Louis, Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisation (NASCO) Pohamba Shifeta, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Namibia Daniel Ashe, US Emmanuel Fundira, Safari Operations Patrick Omondi, Kenya Alexander Songorwa, Tanzania Bishan Singh Bonal, India Meng Xianlin, China Marcel van Nijnatten, EU Bartolomeu Soto, Mozambique Delegates vote on whether all elephant species should be uplisted to Appendix I Members of the media following the discussions Charles Jonga, Campfire Association Keiji Nakashima, Japan John Kenena Kassona, Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) Tony Mudakikwa, Rwanda Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, South Africa John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES Daniel Fernando, Sri Lanka Maurice Isaacs, Bahamas José Manuel Mateo Féliz, Dominican Republic Abdulla Naseer, Maldives Committee II View of the dais during Committee II Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II Armen Petrossian, International Caviar Importers Association Mohammed Pourkazemi, Iran Patricia Hurtado, Argentina Nicolas Roncagliolo, Peru Laura Noguchi, US Nathan Herschler, International Fund for Animal Wildlife (IFAW) Francis Kraigie, South Africa Carolina Caceres, Canada Stamatis Varsamos, EU Around the Venue Members of the Secretariat prepare for discussions in Committee I Delegates speak informally throughout the day Delegates from Burkina Faso John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES, with Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I Delegates network between sessions