Summary
The preparatory segment of the twenty-ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 29) and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention (COP 11) convened for its second day on Tuesday, 21 November 2017, in Montreal, Canada. In the morning, delegates discussed, inter alia, energy efficiency; safety standards; HFCs not listed in Annex F to the Protocol; nominations and appointments for membership in various Protocol bodies; and compliance and reporting issues.
In the afternoon, delegates addressed issues under the Vienna Convention, including the outcomes of the tenth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers (ORM) of the parties to the Vienna Convention, and the status of the Vienna Convention Trust Fund (VCTF). They also considered other matters, including an issue raised by Saudi Arabia on low-global-warming-potential (GWP) technologies for the air conditioning sector, and a concern related to hurricanes impacting Protocol implementation, raised by Grenada.
Contact groups on data reporting, replenishment, safety standards, and energy efficiency met at various points throughout the day. The Budget Committee also met during the lunch break.
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Montreal Protocol Issues
Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) 39 Co-Chair Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla, Senegal
Laura Berón, Argentina
John Thompson, US
OEWG 39 Co-Chair Cynthia Newberg, US
Taha Zatari, Saudi Arabia
Emilija Kjupeva Nedelkova, Macedonia
Badiane Reine Marie Coly, Senegal
Samuel Pare, Burkina Faso
Raad Khadim Hasan, Iraq
Charles Ikeah, Nigeria
Yahyah Pathel, Mauritius
Philip Owen, EU
Henry Wöhrnschimmel, Switzerland
Ezzat Leouis, Egypt
Marindany Kirui, Kenya
Davinder Lail, UK
Miruza Mohamed, Maldives
Leslie Smith, Grenada
Tumau Herownna Neru, Samoa
Delegates from China consulting
Vienna Convention Issues
A view of the plenary discussions on the Report of the Vienna Convention Trust Fund Advisory
Committee
L-R: Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat, and Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone
Secretariat
Geir Braathen, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
A.R. Ravishankara, Chair of the Vienna Convention Trust Fund (VCTF) Advisory Committee
Sophia Mylona, Ozone Secretariat
Kenneth Jucks, Co-Chair, Ozone Research Managers (ORM)
COP 11/MOP 29 Snapshots
View of the Proklima booth
L-R: Alem Mulu Syoum, MLF with Sonja Wagner, Wagner Consulting
L-R: Agustin Sanchez, Mexico, with Frank Pinto, Norris Group
L-R: Ayman Eltalouny, UN Environment; Mazen Hussein, Lebanon; and Yaqoub Almatouq, Kuwait