27th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

The Preparatory Segment of MOP 27 reconvened on Monday, 2 November 2015, in Dubai, UAE. In the morning, delegates met for a brief stock-taking plenary session, including hearing updates on discussions with regards to membership of Montreal Protocol bodies, EUEs and CUEs, the TEAP report on ODS alternatives, financial reports and budgets, and TEAP financial matters.

The contact group on the feasibility and ways of managing HFCs met for its second day of discussions and continued throughout the day. The budget committee and informal groups on ODS releases from production processes, and the assessment panels’ quadrennial assessments met in the afternoon. The informal group on TEAP finance met in the evening.

Side events that took place, included: Introducing hydrocarbons and improving insulation in the refrigerated transport sector in South Africa; experience and preliminary results of early HFC surveys funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC); and refrigerator certification.