Description/achievement of initiative
The subscribed organizations commit to collaborating in:
- Promoting the implementation of Article 222 of the Rio + 20 Declaration, in which States commit to: support a gradual phase-down in the consumption and production of HFCs.
This will include specifically:
- Promoting public policies for controlling and monitoring short life climate pollutants;
- Strengthen the local, regional and global work at each of the RACC organizations;
- Promote the exchange of experiences and strategies to influence public policy on short life climate pollutants;
- Coordinate a regional strategy to promote the phaseout of short life climate pollutants
Implementation methodologies
The subscribed organizations shall:
- Promote legislation to control and monitor short life climate pollutants at the municipal, provincial and national levels;
- Promote a regional treaty for the control and monitoring of short life climate pollutants;
- Increase awareness of policy makers and private sector actors on short life climate pollutants and their impact on human health and development;
- Exchange information on the current state of each country with RACC members;
- Exchange information on the state of regional and global situation regarding short life climate pollutants;
- Exchange scientific information on short life climate pollutants;
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Coordination mechanisms/governance structure
Partner(s)
Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA), Argentina
IEMA, Brazil
IDEA, Paraguay
CEMDA, Mexico
AIDA, Latin America - Regional
2012
