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China-ECA
Dialog on Cooperation in Border Enforcement
 Strengthening
national institutions through regional co-operation. Forty
Chinese Customs Officers from Urumqi Anti-Smuggling Bureau,
Policy & Regulation Division, Field Service as well as
Customs Offices in Kashi, Allah Mountain, Huoerguosi and Urumqi
airport participated in a training related to the Montreal
Protocol to Protect the Ozone Layer in Urumqi, China, 25 June
2009.
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29 June 2009
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The
Large Contribution of Projected HFC Emissions to Future Climate
Forcing
Guus J. M. Velders, David
W. Fahey, John S. Daniel, Mack McFarland, and Stephen O. Andersen
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consumption and emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are projected
to increase substantially in the coming decades in response
to regulation of ozone depleting gases under the Montreal Protocol.
The projected increases result primarily from sustained growth
in demand for refrigeration, air-conditioning (AC) and insulating
foam products in developing countries assuming no new regulation
of HFC consumption or emissions. New HFC scenarios are presented
based on current hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) consumption
in leading applications, patterns of replacements of HCFCs by
HFCs in developed countries, and gross domestic product (GDP)
growth.
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Report
22 June 2009
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"Action
on HFC Gases 'Low Hanging Fruit' Opportunity to Combat Climate
Change"
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary
General and UN Environment Programme Executive Director welcomed
today the scientific paper, and issued a press release supporting
the findings.
… "Dramatically cutting carbon dioxide emissions
from society's inefficient energy use is the key to catalyzing
a transition to a low, carbon, resource efficient Green Economy.
It is also central to delivering a stabilization of the atmosphere
as outlined by the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change". He said. "But there are other
low hanging fruit in the climate change challenge and this
new scientific paper spotlights one of them - HFCs. By some
estimates, action to freeze and then reduce this group of
gases could buy the world the equivalent of a decades-worth
of C02 emissions," he added.
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release
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"The
Ozone Layer and Climate Change"
 UN
Under-Secretary General Mr Kyotaka Akasaka addressed more
than 100 NGOs on 18 June in Conference Room # 4 at UN Headquarters.
What was so special about it? He was not wearing a tie!
As resolved, from June 15 for the next 3 months there is
a "Cool UN" campaign; UN HQ will keep its air-conditioning
at a higher temp than "high cool", so to still
feel comfortable UN staff will not wear ties this summer.
There were other reasons why this address was different.
Mr Akasaka was flanked on both sides by some of the most
well-known experts of the Montreal Protocol, i.e. Dr Paul
Newman of NASA, Dr Durwood Zaelke of INECE, Ms Lisa Manley
of Coca Cola Company and Mr Rajendra Shende of UNEP, as
well as Mr Jose Pons Pons of the UNEP Technology and Economic
Assessment Panel, participated by Skype from Venezuela.
These panel members, moderated by Laura Trevelyan, BBC correspondent
to the UN, presented the lessons from the Montreal Protocol
that will be useful for the road leading to Copenhagen ("HOPEnhagen",
as per USG Mr Akasaka) and how the Montreal Protocol has
helped in mitigating climate change and how the 195 governments
stand to gain economically by the HCFC phase-out in the
near future.
The meeting closed after an extensive questions and answers
session and launching a galvanizing appeal to Governments
and NGOs to "Seal
the Deal" in Copenhagen, Denmark,
later this year.
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more...
18 June 2009
| UNEP DTIE
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Control
of CTC import by Pakistan through UNEP initiated dialogue between
Pakistan and South Korea under South - South Cooperation: Pakistan's
Experience
In the wake of ban
imposed by the country on CTC import together with the UNEP
initiated cooperation between NOU-Pakistan and NOU-South Korea
has brought the CTC import to zero in 2008, one year ahead of
the CTC phase out target fixed under the Montreal Protocol.
The importing and exporting countries may follow this precedent
of the UNEP initiated South- South Cooperation to meet the challenge
of illegal trade of various ODS.
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22 May 2009
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181 days
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6 months
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CFCs
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2007 days
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Methyl bromide
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New
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1277 days
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HCFC
freeze
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2007
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HCFC
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Vacancy
Announcement: Senior Environmental Affairs Officer
This officer a member
of UNEP's Compliance Assistance Programme should have work
experience dealing with environmental issues on the national
and/or international level with substantive experience in
preparing and/or implementing national governmental policies
to phase-out ODS; experience in cooperation with Ozone Officers
from developing countries, experience in Project Management
and ODS and Montreal Protocol related issues from international
organizations.
Closing date for applications: 6 July 2009.
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