Annex V: Text for consideration by the Parties for inclusion in decisions under the Dubai pathway on hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Submission by Pakistan
[Explanatory note: The present conference room paper is submitted for discussion by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at the thirty-eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, and any agreed elements of the proposal should be included in any related proposals adopted at the meeting.]
The Meeting of the Parties,
Recognizing that the rights and obligations of Parties as delineated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change should not be modified by the Montreal Protocol,
Noting that in principle the issue of hydrofluorocarbons lies within the ambit and mandate of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
Noting also that in the outcome document of the resumed thirty-seventh meeting of the
Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, the reporting of emissions of hydrofluorocarbons under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will continue,
Noting further that certain categories of cost elements under the Vienna solutions for challenges on funding issues and flexibility of implementation shall be taken up while negotiating the amendment and resolved prior to adoption of an amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer,
Noting that the Parties may identify other cost items to be added to the indicated list emanating as a result of conversion to low-GWP alternatives,
Decides:
That the additional costs associated with mitigation should be taken up by the Parties and resolved prior to adoption of an amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.