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When the meeting concluded late on Friday evening, parties had managed to adopt decisions on almost all agenda items, with the majority of negotiations conducted in contact and informal groups. Parties did not agree to a draft or final decision on Canada’s proposal to adjust the Montreal Protocol to meet the basic domestic needs of Article 5 parties.
Montreal Protocol MOP 16
MOP-16 adopted decisions on the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, as well as issues related to ratification, data reporting, compliance and international and illegal trade, and financial and administrative matters. However, in spite of lengthy discussions both in the formal plenary meetings and in contact groups and informal gatherings, work on methyl bromide exemptions for 2006 was not completed.
1st Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (ExMOP-1)
Compromise was reached by adopting a double-cap concept distinguishing between use and production for critical-use exemptions, and by establishing an ad hoc working group to review the working procedures and terms of reference of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee.
Vienna Convention COP 6 and Montreal Protocol MOP 14
MOP-14/COP-6 adopted 46 decisions, a larger number than ever before, covering: the Multilateral Fund replenishment and its fixed-exchange-rate mechanism (FERM); compliance issues; illegal trade; transition from chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) for metered-dose inhalers (MDIs); the relationship with the climate change regime; and interaction with the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Montreal Protocol MOP 12
MOP-12 was a low key and quiet meeting. The agenda was light and the debates good humored, reflecting the relaxed atmosphere of Burkina Faso. The decisions taken were mostly on procedural and "housekeeping" matters, and delegates were able to complete their work quickly and smoothly
Highlights and images for 10 November 2022
14th Session of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14) of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)
Highlights and images for 10 November 2022
Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference - November 2022
Highlights and images for 15 November 2022
19th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (CITES CoP19)
Highlights and images for 3 December 2022
United Nations Biodiversity Conference - OEWG 5/CBD COP 15/CP-MOP 10/NP-MOP 4
Highlights and images for 2 December 2022
63rd Meeting of the GEF Council