UNEP DTIE's OzonAction Branch recognises the importance of interlinkages between human health, environmental protection as well as economic & social development. Therefore, we actively encourage synergetic cooperation with other UN bodies including Convention Secretariats as well as Governments, research institutes, NGOs and industry.
In line with several decisions of the Meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol and the Conference of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol (see Annex I), the SolarChill concept was initially perceived through UNEP's cooperation with World Health Organization and Greenpeace International. It has now reached the field-testing phase through a close cooperation between the SolarChill partners and supporting industries. The project is a living example of an inter-agency and multi-stakeholder cooperation on health, environment and development-related matters.
UNEP DTIE's OzonAction Branch is operating in the field of ozone layer protection and climate change including any interlinked issues. Our contribution to the SolarChill project is technology assessment, policy advice, and the outreach of the SolarChill technology though our networks of country representatives, technical experts and industry partners as well as our existing clearinghouse infrastructures and publications.
- Decision V/8 of the 5th Meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol in 1993 to consider alternatives regarding environmental, human health and safety, technical and economic aspects with consideration of country-specific circumstances.
- Decision X/16 of the 10th Meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol in 1998 requiring implementation of the Montreal Protocol in the light of synergistic activities needed to concurrently reduce greenhouse gases.
- Decision 17/CP.5 of the 5th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in 1999 to coordinate efforts to protect the ozone layer and efforts to safeguard the global climate system recalling its Decision 13/CP.4 in 1998 (FCCC/CP/1998/16/Add.1).
- Decision XIV/10. Relationship between efforts to protect the stratospheric ozone layer and efforts to safeguard the global climate system issues relating to HFCs and PFCs. "Welcoming decision X/CP8 taken by the 8th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the relationship between efforts to protect the stratospheric ozone layer and efforts to safeguard the global climate system".
- COP-8 recommendation for financing Projects linking ozone depletion and climate change. "Encourage Parties to ensure their actions to address ozone depletion are undertaken in a manner such that climate change issues are addressed simultaneously."
Contact: Mr. Rajendra Shende, Head
Ozone Action Branch
Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics (DTIE)
United Nations Environment Programme
Tour Mirabeau
39-43, Quai André Citroën
75739 Paris Cedex 15
France
Phone: +33 1 44 37 14 59
Fax: +33 1 44 37 14 74
Email: rmshende@unep.fr