The 48th meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG48) offers the global community an opportunity to reflect on successful examples of multilateral environmental cooperation, as well as challenges that remain.
This year the Montreal Protocol community marks a decade since the adoption of the Kigali Amendment. The 10-year Kigali anniversary is a significant milestone, but comes at a time of accelerating climate breakdown, ongoing threats to ozone layer recovery and a wider weakening in multilateral cooperation. The Executive Committee (ExCom) must treat this anniversary as a catalyst for transformation, ensuring that the resources of the Multilateral Fund (MLF) are directed towards the most impactful, strategic and sustainable solutions.
EIA's 2026 Climate-Friendly Supermarkets Scorecard tracks major U.S. food retailer efforts to address hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – superpollutant refrigerants used across the food retail sector.
ExCom97 presents a critical opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of collaborative multilateralism and advance cost-effective climate and ozone mitigation, at a time when global action is more urgent than ever.
As the international community marks four decades of the Vienna Convention, the achievements made under the treaty and its Montreal Protocol stand as proof that, by following the science and prioritizing the protection of human health and the environment, collective action can successfully respond to global environmental crises.
As manufacturers develop next generation cooling and heating technologies to meet growing global needs, it is critical to open up the US market to ultra-low GWP refrigerant options for the residential and commercial air conditioning and heat pump sector. Our report outlines feasible paths for US safety standards and building codes for refrigerants, with recommendations that are are practical, urgent, and consistent with international progress already underway.