The reduction of ozone depleting substances (ODS) is clearly related to the climate change focal area. A relatively small number of UNDP-GEF projects involve ozone depletion and these projects must have climate change as the primary focal area, often through a focus on energy efficiency. Ozone depletion, then, generally appears as a component of UNDP-GEF climate change projects. Guidance for the ozone depletion focal area comes from the United Nations Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.

Ozone projects fall under the climate change Operational Programmes (OP) below, which describes the relevant aspect of the focal area and includes eligibility criteria:

OP 5: Removing Barriers to Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency

 
UNDP-GEF Project Sites
China Energy Efficient CFC-Free Refrigerators Project