United Nations Environment Programme

 

The launching ceremony of Project REN will be on 8 February 2012 at 10:30 am, Bangkok, Thailand. The event will highlight the trends in the illegal trade of harmful chemicals and hazardous waste and details on Project REN.  Read more

 

The 2012 World TV Awards, organized by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) in collaboration with UNEP OzonAction Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), is now open to all broadcasters in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and the Pacific from public, private sector and freelance producers. 
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20 January 2012 - Universal ratification of the ozone treaties has once again been achieved with the Republic of South Sudan, the newest UN Member State, becoming the 197th Party to ratify the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.  Read more...
 

The HCFC-phaseout in China is impacting chemical production, foam, industrial and commercial refrigeration, air conditioners, refrigeration servicing and solvent sectors, whose total output amounts to billions of Renminbi and will involve tens of thousands of enterprises and millions of workers.  Read more.

 

 

UNEP, in collaboration with the World Customs Organization, has created an  e-learning module for Customs officers to assist in fulfilling their role in phasing out ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol.
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The 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 23rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP23), Bali, Indonesia, 21-25 November 2011. Click  here to read more about UNEP OzonAction side events at MOP 23. | UNEP press release (21 November 2011):  2 Degree Celsius Climate Target at Risk from Ozone-Friendly Replacement Chemicals |  UNEP report:  HFCs: A Critical Link in Protecting Climate and the Ozone Layer 

 

 

The OzonAction Special Issue features articles from international experts on many important issues including those discussed during the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The topics addressed in the OASI 2011 aim at inspiring further actions to protect the ozone layer and climate system, as well as contributing to promoting ‘green energy initiatives’...  Read more