At its 53rd and 54th meetings, the Executive Committee (ExCom) decided that all HPMPs should capture the spirit of decision XIX/6 and address the benefits for the climate when looking at alternatives. A majority of stage I HPMPs took into account decision XIX/6 and transitioned to climate-friendly substitutes and technologies. The 25% incentive for transitions […]
HFCs currently represent around 1% of global GHG emissions. Although their contribution to climate forcing is still relatively small, it is expected to soar in the coming decades, with emissions of HFCs increasing at a rate of 10-15% per year. Unless action is taken, global HFC emissions could reach 5.5–8.8 GtCO2e per year in 2050, […]
EIA released a new report, “Vietnam’s Illegal Rhino Horn Trade,” which describes how Vietnam has failed to meet its CITES obligations designed to protect rhinos. This briefing summarizes key points from a recently submitted Pelly Petition to the US government to certify Vietnam as diminishing the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered […]
A quarter of a century after the signing of the landmark treaty, we have reduced consumption and production of 97 ozone depleting substances (ODS) by some 98%, setting the ozone layer on the path to recovery. And the reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the ODS phase-out far outstrips the mitigation of GHGs […]
Research is currently underway to prove and commercialize additional applications for natural refrigerants in supermarket refrigeration systems; over time, as demand for climate-friendly alternatives increases worldwide, so too will the range of alternatives and types of products available, as well as the number of suppliers that provide them. To download the report, click here.
In November 2011 China hosted the annual Asia-Pacific Forestry Week meeting conference at an impressive and vast centre near the Olympic Stadium in Beijing. During the week-long event participants from around Asia and beyond discussed a range of issues, encompassing China’s impressive reforestation programme to the links between deforestation and climate change. The meeting coincided […]