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COPA PARTNER & MEMBER COUNTRIES

 

COPA primarily supports countries from the Global South eligible for Official Development Assistance in creating effective greenhouse gas mitigation through ozone depleting substances (ODS) and hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) banks management. Partner countries receive access to technical and financial support to establish and further develop a regulatory framework and infrastructure to effectively address the global ODS and HFC banks problem.

Countries are welcome to become members of the alliance and benefit from knowledge exchange and an international network of actors willing to jointly work on the sustainable management of ODS and HFCs. 

In the initial phase, COPA cooperates with China (Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China - Foreign Environmental Cooperation Office), Ghana (Ministry of Environment Science Technology and Innovation - Environmental Protection Agency), Mexico (Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico), Tunisia (Ministry of Environment of Tunisia) and Ecuador (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries). COPA is working with the five countries to define country-specific commitments, develop project concepts and implement first pilot actions. The results and expertise can then be transferred and multiplied to other countries.

COPA focuses on mitigation actions in metropolitan regions as ODS and HFC waste stocks mostly accumulate in densely populated areas.

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COPA COUNTRIES


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Albania

Albania
Bahamas

Bahamas
Botswana

Botswana
China

China
Costa Rica

Costa
Rica
Dominican Republic

Dominican
Republic
Ecuador

Ecuador
Egypt

Egypt
Eswatini

Eswatini
Ghana

Ghana
Grenada

Grenada
Honduras

Honduras
Lesotho

Lesotho
Malawi

Malawi
Mexico

Mexico
Namibia

Namibia
Nigeria

Nigeria
Papua New Guinea

Papua
New
Guinea
Philippines

Philippines
Senegal

Senegal
Sierra Leone

Sierra
Leone
South Africa

South
Africa
South Sudan

South
Sudan
The Gambia

The
Gambia
Togo

Togo
Tunisia

Tunisia
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe


Mexico

Mexico

Member

Context

The recollection, adequate recovery, and destruction of ODS banks is a real challenge for Mexico as for the rest of countries in the Global South. It is estimated that in Mexico in 2020 more than 4.1 million RAC equipment reached the end of their life cycle. This represents a total potential waste production of approximately 3,550 tons of refrigerant gases (ODS and HFC); 53,600 tons of plastics; 19,650 tons of aluminum; 13,700 tons of foams; 7,220 tons of oils lubricants, and 1,500 tons of electronic boards and components electrical (SEMARNAT-UPM, 2020).

Mexico has robust legislation on hazardous, special and urban waste management, as well on climate change, having also signed international agreements related to the elimination of ODS and the reduction of HFC consumption. It also has in operation a formal infrastructure for the management of waste generated by RAC sector equipment when it reaches the end of its useful life, consisting of: 1. A center for the collection and dismantling of commercial refrigerators; 2. Nine Recovery and Recycling Centers (CRR as Spanish acronym) for refrigerant gases, one of them with capacity for gas regeneration; 3. 41 Collection and Destruction Centers (CAyD as Spanish acronym) and the Business Eco Credit Program developed by the Trust for Energy Saving Electrical (FIDE as Spanish acronym). In Mexico, there are also technologies available for the destruction of refrigerant gases (Argon Plasma, Cement Furnaces) which are internationally recognized by the Montreal Protocol.

However, these collection centers receive a very low number of RAC equipment due to the lack of recycling habits in the country, ineffective regulations and the lack of large-scale equipment replacement programs such as: a. there is not a program that includes centers for storage and facilities to deliver the equipment; b. Lack of continuity of replacement programs massive number of RAC teams, which gave origin to CAyD; c. Informal collectors represent a simpler and cheaper alternative for final users.

Activities

The policy, financing and technology actions liens of the Mexico EOL strategy will be adopted:

 

  • Support the design and improvement of national legislation that requires the collection and/or destruction of ODS, bans for the venting, and to put in place procedures for servicing and end-of-life recovery of ODS containing equipment
  • Implement a financing mechanism for the management of ODS as well as destruction technologies and assuring long-term sustainability of destruction activities are necessary: There is a need to strengthen the national network recycling centers, these centers must be capable of disassembling and recycling any type of RAC device (domestic or commercial / industrial).
  •  Ensure the creation of mechanisms to equip the informal sector. An existing Voluntary carbon financing standard exist for Mexico, and this mechanism will be tested
  • Evaluate the challenges faced by a commercial refrigerator manufacturer (Imbera and REPARE) in the recycling foams panels

 

*These activities were determined in COPAs project document. Due to the Decision 91/66 of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol to establish a funding window for an inventory of banks of used or unwanted controlled substances and a plan for the collection, transport and disposal of such substances, minor changes on the activities will be done.

 

UNDP is willing to support the partners to strengthen their systems for the reduction of ODS and HFCs banks emissions.

Xiaofang Zhou, Director at UNDP's Montreal Protocol Unit