From 6-17 November, a series of climate change meetings
took place at the UN Office at Nairobi, Kenya. The "UN Climate Change
Conference - Nairobi 2006" included the second Conference of the Parties
serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2) and twelfth
Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change. The following quotes are related to the Montreal Protocol:
TUESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2006
--- METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES UNDER THE PROTOCOL:
Implications of awarding CDM credits to new HCFC-22 facilities for the destruction
of HFC-23: The Secretariat presented on this issue (FCCC/SBSTA/2006/MISC.11).
ARGENTINA and the EU welcomed the decision by Montreal Protocol parties to
assess measures to reduce production of HCFCs and to consider the influence
of the CDM on HCFC-22 production in consultation with the UNFCCC Secretariat,
IPCC and CDM Executive Board. Lambert Schneider (Germany) will conduct informal
consultations….
FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2006
Ozone layer and global climate system: The SBSTA considered the IPCC/TEAP
Special Report on Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global System. Delegates
were briefed on a recent meeting of experts on the extent of current and future
requirements for the collection and disposition of non-reusable and unwanted
ozone depleting substances in Montreal Protocol Article 5 parties (certain
developing countries)
>>> http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/enb12312e.pdf
Source: the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), November
2006
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