Joint South Asia and Southeast Asia Network Thematic Meeting on National strategies in Coordinating an HCFC Phase-out & HFC Phase down, 23 February 2021

This meeting is organised by UN Environment OzonAction Asia & Pacific Office. It is part of the Regional Network service that OzonAction's Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) provides to Article 5 (developing) countries as part of its role as an Implementing Agency of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.

HFCs have been widely used as alternatives to HCFCs in most Article 5 countries and the growth of HFCs can add more challenges for Article 5 countries to meet the HFC freeze.  In order to get ahead of the simultaneous compliance obligations, HFC phase-down strategies and/or integrating the HCFC Phase-out with the HFC Phase-down where possible will be critical for Article 5 countries to curb unnecessary growth and avoid duplicating efforts.  This thematic meeting aims to discuss policy options for national HFC Phase-down strategies for compliance with 2024 freeze obligation as well as options and ideas for integrating the HCFC Phase-out with the HFC Phase-down and understand the potential benefits/challenges.