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36th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

20-24 July 2015 | United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) headquarters, Paris, France


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Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary with Megumi Seki, Ozone Secretariat and Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria

The thirty-sixth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG 36) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer reconvened on Wednesday, 22 July 2015, in Paris, France.

In the morning, OEWG 36 plenary fielded questions regarding the four proposals for a Montreal Protocol amendment regarding HFCs and heard some general comments on the issue. In the afternoon, the Co-Chairs invited proponents of the respective amendment proposals from North America, the Island States, the EU and India to answer questions around the basis for baselines and base years, financial issues, exemptions, technology transfer, intellectual property, technology review and energy efficiency.

The informal talks on the feasibility and ways of managing HFCs resumed briefly after lunch and then broke so delegations could work on compromise proposals. The informal group reconvened in the evening after the close of plenary.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis report from the 36th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, which took place from 20 to 24 July 2015, from the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, France. Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Available in ENB Mobile at: http://enb.iisd.mobi/ozone-oewg36/


From L-R: Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria; Co-Chair Emma Rachmawaty, Indonesia; and Megumi Seki, Ozone Secretariat;

Fionna Cumming, New Zealand

Mazen K. Hussein, Lebanon

Blaise Horisberger, Switzerland

Alice Gaustad, Norway

Xiao Xuezhi, China

Noe Megrelishvili, Georgia

Taha Zatari, Saudi Arabia

Jimena Nieto, Colombia

Alhagie Sarr, Gambia

From L-R: Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait; Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; and Mazen K. Hussein, Lebanon

Youssouf Ali Mohamed, Comoros

Leslie Smith, Grenada

Obed Baloyi, South Africa

Delegates from the EU conferring

Manoj Kumar Singh, India

Miruza Mohamed, Maldives

Agustin Sánchez Guevara, Mexico

Delegates conferring

Participants networking

Around the venue

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Specific funding for coverage of the 36th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol has been provided by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) - Ozone Secretariat
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