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Shedding light on fast-start finance
How much fast-start climate finance is actually flowing, and where is it being spent?1 This question has come up repeatedly alongside the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate talks in Bonn this week. Today the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) published two working papers examining the fast-start contributions of the UK and ...
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Europe successfully phasing out known ozone layer-harming chemicals
The report 'Ozone depleting substances 2013' has been published by the EEA to coincide with the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. It covers the chemicals' production, destruction, import and export. Over the last few decades, chemicals known to harm the ozone layer have been successfully substituted in most parts of the world since 1989 when the Montreal Protocol came ...
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U.S. Aims to Accelerate Phase Out of Ozone Damaging Chemicals
The United States has submitted a proposal to adjust the Montreal Protocol, accelerating the phase-out of ozone damaging chemicals. The proposal includes four elements that can be considered individually or as a package: 1) Accelerating the phase-out date of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 10 years; 2) Adding interim reduction steps; 3) Setting an earlier baseline; 4) ...
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Methyl Bromide Inventory Continues Downward Trend
The methyl bromide inventory held by U.S. companies at the end of 2006 continues to shrink, according to data released by EPA today. The data show a steady decline in the inventory since 2003, when the Agency began collecting such information. Methyl bromide is an ozone-depleting chemical that has been used as a general pesticide across a wide range of agricultural sectors for many years (for ...
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International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE OZONE LAYER – 16TH SEPTEMBER This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘30 years of healing the ozone together’.The International Ozone Day is an annual event that commemorates the date of the signing, in 1987, of the ...
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Ozone depleting substance found to be rising
Measurements made at NIWA’s atmospheric research laboratory at Lauder are a key component in an article in the latest edition of one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, Nature. The international team of scientists, including NIWA researchers, Dan Smale and John Robinson, based their findings on measurements from a network of stations across the globe, including Lauder ...
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Commission welcomes agreement in Parliament on ozone layer
The Commission welcomes the vote today by the European Parliament that confirms the first reading agreement reached between Parliament and Council on reinforcing ozone legislation. The agreement comes less than a year after the Commission's proposal was presented. In addition to updating current legislation on the protection of the ozone layer in light of scientific developments, the new ...
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Nitrous oxide is now top ozone-layer damaging emission
According to new research, emissions of anthropogenic nitrous oxide (N2O) are now causing more damage to the ozone layer than those of any controlled ozone depleting substance and this is projected to remain the case for the rest of this century. The study suggests that limiting N2O emissions could help both the recovery of the ozone layer and tackle climate change. Many ozone-depleting ...
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Poor nations urged to leapfrog harmful HFC refrigerants
Efforts to rid the world of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a group of powerful greenhouse gases mainly used as refrigerants, may depend on developing nations being able to leapfrog these chemicals to less harmful alternatives, an environmental group has warned. HFCs were introduced following the 1989 Montreal Protocol as a replacement for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which deplete the ozone layer, ...
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EPA Honors Best-of-the-Best Ozone Protection Award Winners
(Washington, D.C. – September 20, 2007) Excellence in protecting the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer is the tie that binds the world’s environmental advocates, skin cancer prevention experts, scientists, farmers, industry, and the military. Today, EPA is presenting the 2007 Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards in honor of the 20-year anniversary of the signing of the ...
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Measures taken to help accelerate the phase out of ozone depleting chemicals
EPA is taking the next step to eliminate harmful hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) emissions, which are ozone-depleting substances and potent greenhouse gases. “EPA is leading the way and working with the global community in helping to protect the environment for future generations with the phase out of HCFCs,” said Robert J. Meyers, principal deputy assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Air ...
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US$490m pledged in the fight to protect the ozone layer
The US made further progress protecting the ozone layer through successful agreements at the 20th meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol in Doha, Qatar. Developed and developing countries agreed to add US$490 million to the Montreal Protocol’s Multilateral Fund for the next three years. This will help phase out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and replacement hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), ...
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Statement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on the U.S. Delegation for the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will promote U.S. climate and environmental goals by leading the U.S. delegation to the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, which will take place November 1-5 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Administrator McCarthy will also meet with key counterparts while in Dubai. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is a global agreement ...
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Twenty Questions and Answers About the Ozone Layer
A new publication, Twenty Questions and Answers About the Ozone Layer, presents complex science in a straightforward manner. It compliments the 2014 Scientific Assessment Report of Ozone Depletion by WMO and the U.N. Environment Programme. Global ozone depletion is no longer increasing, and initial signs of recovery of the ozone layer have been identified. This is thanks to the 1987 Montreal ...
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3 Big Takeaways from the New Global Commitment to Phase Down HFCs
International climate action took an encouraging step forward today. President Obama reached agreements with the G-20 and with China to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases used in appliances like refrigerators and air conditioners. The new agreements—if carried out effectively—could make a dent in short-term and long-term warming: The latest data ...
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New Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Found in the Atmosphere
Four ozone-depleting gases, previously undetected in the atmosphere, have been found by new research. The work suggests that more than 74 000 tonnes of these human-made substances have been released since 1978, and that two are continuing to accumulate in the atmosphere. However, it is not yet known where they come from. The discovery of the hole in the ozone layer in 1985 led to a 130-nation ...
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Call for nominations for U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Awards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting award nominations by March 1, 2010, for individuals, teams and organizations that have made significant contributions to ozone layer protection. The stratospheric ozone layer prevents excessive harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching people, plants and animals. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is ...
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2007 Antarctic Ozone Hole Smaller But Not Recovering
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 19, 2007 (ENS) - The Antarctic ozone hole this year is relatively small, but its size is not a sign of ozone recovery, the World Meteorological Organization, WMO, said Thursday. Instead, the smaller size of the ozone hole is related to the mild temperatures in the Antarctic stratosphere during the 2007 southern hemispheric winter. Since 1998, only the ozone holes of ...
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191 Countries Work Together to Heal the Ozone Layer
(Washington, D.C.) The Earth's ozone layer is on track to heal, thanks to the work of dozens of countries that signed a landmark international environmental agreement initiated 20 years ago. Known as the 'Montreal Protocol,' this ambitious treaty requires countries to phase out production and use of compounds that deplete ozone in the stratosphere. Initially signed by 24 countries Sept.16, ...
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Fast-Start Finance: Where do we stand at the end of 2012?
Developed countries self-report that they have delivered more than $33 billion in fast-start climate finance between 2010 and 2012, exceeding the pledges they made at COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. But how much of this finance is new and additional? Developing countries and other observers have raised questions about the nature of this support, as well as where and how it is spent. Independent ...
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