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Chemicals
represent a vital element of human development, affecting virtually
all sectors of human activity. Increasingly however, it is recognized
that the poor management of chemicals adversely affects human health
and the environment, compromising disproportionately the urban and the
rural poor, particularly women and children.
UNDP thus promotes sound management of chemicals (SMC) as an important aspect of our work to reduce global poverty and promote human health. We advocate for the importance of integrating chemicals management priorities into national development policies and plans and help countries obtain the necessary resources to improve their chemicals management regimes in the following areas:
What's NewUNDP and Climate Change - Brazil: Low Carbon Future In Brazil, UNDP is working with the Minister of Environment and private and public partners across 26 states on an unprecedented nation-wide initiative to prevent dangerous chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from being released into the atmosphere. Through the collection of CFCs from equipment being maintained or replaced, the programme developed a network of companies to capture and recycle CFCs as a valuable asset. In addition, UNDP worked with the lead home appliance producer to launch new, CFC-free and energy efficient appliances and bring financial assistance from the Multilateral Fund. Based on the energy efficiency legislation passed in 2000, the Brazilian government fomented a model where power distribution companies can exchance old and inefficient refrigerators in low-income families for new ones, leading to a 20 percent drop in their energy costs and preventing the release of dangerous gases. UNDP is also helping both public and private sector partners to find alternative sources of funds to sustain those initiatives, from the fridge manufacture phase to the end of its life cycle, including the destruction of CFCs, which are also powerful green house gases, contained in fridge insulation foam.
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UNDP Issues Paper: The Facility for Additional Income (October 2009) - UNDP Inputs on Carbon Markets as a Potential Financing Source
Given their current size and growth potential, UNDP believes the exploration of the global carbon markets as a source of co-financing for climate benefits is of much interest for the Montreal Protocol community. The comments provided in this Issues Paper are given with the objective of identifying which steps would be necessary to successfully achieve co-financing by the carbon markets. The Issues Paper is organized as follows:
The current design of the Facility remains at a preliminary stage. If the specific goal of co-financing in the carbon markets is to be successfully achieved by the Facility, UNDP believes that it will be necessary to fully address the considerations set out in Section 1. As such, it is hoped that the detailed description of the ODS Climate Facility, which is expressly designed to access the carbon markets as a financing source, can be helpful as the design process moves forward. Download here the “UNDP Issues Paper: The Facility for Additional Income – UNDP Inputs on Carbon Markets as a potential Financing Source”
Phasing Out Ozone Depleting Substances: Protecting the Ozone Layer and Safeguarding the Global Climate
UNDP’s Role in Managing ODS Banks and Financing Opportunities At its 57th meeting in March 2009 the Multilateral Fund approved six pilot projects for ODS bank destruction. UNDP will be implementing two of these, one in South America (Brazil) and one in Africa (Ghana). These pilot projects will be instrumental in helping to determine the economic feasibility of collection and destruction strategies, and their results will help identify and secure funding necessary to collect and destroy ODS banks on a larger scale.
Ghana – Integrated Plan to address market transformation, HCFC Phase-Out and ODS waste
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Ozone Layer Protection & Chemicals Management TopicsManaging Chemicals for Sustainable Development
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