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Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… 99 percent of ozone-depleting substances have been phased out. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres has noted, our … 601 XVI/9 Flexibility in the use of alternatives for the phasing out of methyl bromide 2 223 XVI/10 Reporting of … Protocol 14 644 XXVIII/2 Decision related to the amendment phasing down hydrofluorocarbons 2 229 XXVIII/3 Energy …
26 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Ozone Depletion - Chapter 9 - UNEP Training Manual on International Environmental Law

… to reach the Earth's surface. The ozone layer screens out almost all the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun and … provides for a ten-year delay for developing countries in phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting … the Annexes and provided for a more stringent schedule for phasing out of ozone-depleting substances. At the Second MOP …
26 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… cell chlor-alkali facilities will have to be phased out by 2025. Decommissioning these facilities will generate … compound that was intentionally added” (Article 2(f)). PHASING OUT OF MERCURY-ADDED PRODUCTS For the products listed … exemptions will apply after 2030 (Article 6, paragraph 9). PHASING DOWN OF MERCURY-ADDED PRODUCTS For the products …
26 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… handbook back in 1972. At that time we still had to work out the ideas, tools and approaches you can now fi nd in the … The principles and particulars of the system are laid out well in this handbook. But we need to keep working on … technical language is provided, used in context, and set out in a new glossary. The glossary, contributed by UNEP, is …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… Assembly. | 4 was provided with a detailed mandate setting out specific issues to be covered in the text of the … and releases of mercury and mercury compounds and it sets out a range of measures to meet that objective. These include … or (ii) Environmentally sound interim storage as set out in Article 10; or (b) To a non-Party that has provided …
26 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Guidance on the Practical Application of the Espoo Convention

… may be differently structured in legislation or carried out in practice in different ways depending on the historical … transboundary assessments have proved to help in carrying out the assessments. 10. For those Parties that frequently … is the authority that is designated by the Party to carry out the practical application of the Convention nationally …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… implementation of and compliance with the obligations set out by the Basel Convention (1999) … Exporting and importing countries are invited to carry out national wildlife policy reviews in order to facilitate a … 11 of decision 31/CMP.1: (a) The progressive reduction or phasing out of market imperfections, fiscal incentives, tax …
26 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). These MEAs set out principles for dealing with threats to liv- ing natural … later agreed in 1987, and sets timetables for the phase-out of ozone-depleting sub- stances. Bilateral environmental … chemicals harming the ozone layer and set timeframes for phasing out these chemicals. As a result of changing …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). These MEAs set out principles for dealing with threats to liv- ing natural … later agreed in 1987, and sets timetables for the phase-out of ozone-depleting sub- stances. Bilateral environmental … chemicals harming the ozone layer and set timeframes for phasing out these chemicals. As a result of changing …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guide for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). These MEAs set out principles for dealing with threats to liv- ing natural … later agreed in 1987, and sets timetables for the phase-out of ozone-depleting sub- stances. Bilateral environmental … chemicals harming the ozone layer and set timeframes for phasing out these chemicals. As a result of changing …
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