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09LONDON2445
2009-10-28 17:39:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy London
Cable title:
HMG VIEWS ON ADDING HFCS TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL
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UNCLAS LONDON 002445
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SIPDIS
OES/ENV FOR JTHOMPSON AND HFINMAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KGHG UK
SUBJECT: HMG VIEWS ON ADDING HFCS TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL
REF: STATE 95899
(SBU) Steve Reeves, head of the Ozone and Gas Team in the
Atmospheric Quality Office at the UK Department for
Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA),told ESTHOff on
October 27 that HMG wants to see a phase-down of
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and agrees this could be negotiated
by parties to the Montreal Protocol. HMG prefers
negotiations to be initiated through "suitable" language in
the Copenhagen agreement. Reeves will represent HMG at the
Montreal Protocol Meeting of the Parties (MOP),expected to
take place in Port Ghalib, Egypt scheduled for November 4-8,
2009. This meeting, said Reeves, provides an excellent
opportunity to exchange views on these issues.
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
OES/ENV FOR JTHOMPSON AND HFINMAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KGHG UK
SUBJECT: HMG VIEWS ON ADDING HFCS TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL
REF: STATE 95899
(SBU) Steve Reeves, head of the Ozone and Gas Team in the
Atmospheric Quality Office at the UK Department for
Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA),told ESTHOff on
October 27 that HMG wants to see a phase-down of
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and agrees this could be negotiated
by parties to the Montreal Protocol. HMG prefers
negotiations to be initiated through "suitable" language in
the Copenhagen agreement. Reeves will represent HMG at the
Montreal Protocol Meeting of the Parties (MOP),expected to
take place in Port Ghalib, Egypt scheduled for November 4-8,
2009. This meeting, said Reeves, provides an excellent
opportunity to exchange views on these issues.
Visit London's Classified Website:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Unit ed_Kingdom
SUSMAN