Hydrofluorocarbons (HCFC) Phase Out Management Plans (HPMPs)

UNDP is the lead agency for the implementation of HPMPs in 29 countries, including such key countries for the Montreal Protocol as Brazil, China, and India.  In all countries, UNDP is providing technical support for countries to meet their targets set forth under the Montreal Protocol and these three key countries are progressing towards their targets. In addition, UNDP also acts as the cooperating agency in 18 countries.   

Kigali Implementation Plans (KIPs) and Enabling Activities

UNDP has been supporting 19 countries to undertake enabling activities for ratification and early implementation of the Kigali Amendment and the majority of the countries (China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Fiji, Haiti, Jamaica, Lebanon, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay) have completed these activities. Currently UNDP is supporting 28 countries to develop strategies and plans to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) to implement the Kigali Amendment.

Institutional Strengthening Projects (IS)

Institutional strengthening (IS) projects allow developing countries to strengthen their capacity to facilitate expeditious and effective implementation of the Montreal Protocol. IS projects assist relevant authorities i) to put in place and enforce legislation and regulations for the control and monitoring of consumption and production (where applicable) of substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol, ii) to work closely with customs departments on controlling the movement of controlled substances, iii) to coordinate and enable the collection, analysis and submission of relevant consumption and production data, iv) to coordinate country activities to implement the Montreal Protocol and raise awareness of their importance, and (d) to ensure sustainability of the phase-out of controlled substances through monitoring, reporting and verification. UNDP implements institutional strengthening projects in 22 countries.

Demonstration projects

UNDP has been at the forefront of technical assessments and demonstration projects for cost-effective alternatives to HCFCs that minimize environmental impacts, particularly for those specific applications where such alternatives are not presently available and applicable. UNDP has prepared a number of projects to demonstrate climate-friendly and energy-efficient alternative technologies to HCFCs, and feasibility studies on district cooling. UNDP received approval from MLF and implemented eight demonstration projects to replace HCFCs with low-GWP alternatives in seven countries. The technologies deployed in the HCFC demonstration projects are relevant to the HFC phase-down in the Kigali Amendment. The factsheets on these projects are available at Home - Demonstration projects (multilateralfund.org). 

To support the efforts under the Kigali Amendment, UNDP prepared investment/demonstration projects to phase down HFCs and received approval for five HFC technology demonstration investment projects in Bangladesh, China, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Zimbabwe. The technology demonstration project in Bangladesh has been completed and submitted to the Executive Committee in 2020, making it the first HFC investment project of the MLF to have been finalized, thereby providing invaluable information to the Executive Committee for the requirements of the upcoming HFC phasedown.  The HFC technology demonstration activities in China, Dominican Republic and Mexico have also been completed by the end of 2021.