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27th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

1-5 November 2015 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)


Highlights for Thursday, 5 November 2015

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Delegates huddle outside the plenary room on the last day of MOP 27.

The final day of the twenty-seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 27) convened on Thursday, 5 November 2015, in Dubai, UAE. The Preparatory Segment met in plenary in the morning for a stocktaking session. The High-Level Segment (HLS) plenary met shortly thereafter to hear a presentation from the Chair of the Multilateral Fund (MLF) Executive Committee (ExCom) on the work of the MLF and its ExCom, as well as statements from heads of delegation.

The contact group on the feasibility and ways of managing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) convened immediately after the Preparatory Segment plenary and continued into the evening. The budget committee and informal groups on the assessment panels’ quadrennial assessments, and the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) report on alternatives to ozone depleting substances (ODS) met over lunch.

6:55 pm - The contact group on the feasibility and ways of managing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) have established a limited informal group to continue negotiations. Plenary is expected to reconvene at 7:30 pm.

10:15 pm - MOP 27 plenary has yet to reconvene.

01:31 am - MOP 27 Preparatory Segment plenary reconvenes.

02:05 am - MOP 27 Preparatory Segment plenary closes.  The High-Level Segment plenary resumes.

02:41 am - MOP 27 is closed.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web updates from the Resumed OEWG36, which took place from 29 to 30 October 2015, from Dubai, UAE. Also, IISD Rerporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports from the 27th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 27), which took place from 1 to 5 November 2015. In addition, IISD Rerporting Services will provide a summary and analysis, available in HTML and PDF formats. Available in ENB Mobile at: http://enb.iisd.mobi/ozone-oewg36-resumed-mop27/.


High-Level Segment - Morning Plenary Session

The panel during morning plenary

Philip Owen, EU

Cui Yuqing, China

Virginia Poter, Canada

John Thompson, US

Andaru Dhaniswara, Indonesia

Najeeb A. Al-Rawas, Oman

Atajanov Sabir, Kyrgyzstan

Maiga Issa Abdul-jabbar, Burkina Faso

Buri Hamza, Minister of Environment, Somalia

Jeem Lippwe, Federated States of Micronesia

Richard Mwendandu, Kenya

Didier Coulomb, Director General, International Institute of Refrigeration

High-Level Segment - Closing Plenary

MOP 27 Rapporteur Elías Gómez Mesa, Dominican Republic

MOP 27 Rapporteur Elías Gómez Mesa, Dominican Republic, gaveling through the MOP 27 report

Contact Group on Feasibility and Ways of Managing HFCs

Co-Conveners Xia Yingxian, China, and Patrick McInerney, Australia

Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Shah Gilani, Pakistan

Valeria M. Gonzalez Posse, Argentina

Delegates from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

A view of the HFC contact group room

Kasimu Bayero, Nigeria

Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland

Delegates from the HFC contact group having informal consultations

Rosie Parry and Fionna Cumming, New Zealand

Ndiaye Cheikh Sylla, Senegal

Delegates from the HFC contact group having informal consultations

Informal Group on Assessment Panels’ Quadrennial Assessments

Mikkel Adaman Sorensen, Denmark, and Arno Kaschl, EU

Hamid Al-Sadoon, Saudi Arabia

Bella Maranion, TEAP Co-Chair

Tom Land, US

Husamuddin Ahmadzai, Sweden

Around the Venue

Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)


Delegates in informal consultations with ENB writers

Delegates from the Caribbean

Chen HsiangChun, Cheng JuiAn, Po HsuehTzui, Hsu LiYing, and Yang FeiChiao, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)







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