Decision 59/45

Following the discussion, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the paper prepared by the Secretariat on prioritization of HCFC phase-out technologies to minimize other impacts on the environment (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/59/51 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/59/51/Add.1);
2. To discuss the type of incentives to be associated with the Multilateral Fund climate impact indicator (MCII), and other relevant questions relating to it, at the 60^th Meeting;
3. To demonstrate the application of the MCII to a subset of project submissions, from the 60^th Meeting onwards, that will inform agencies and countries about the climate impact of technology choices and to request the Secretariat to collect further data on the use of the MCII for the Executive Committee’s consideration;
4. To request the Secretariat to finalize the development of the MCII, as outlined in the Secretariat’s paper, using the examples provided by the Secretariat in the Annex of document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/59/51/Add.1 as a basis for the output to be provided;
5. To request the Secretariat to make the underlying data, the methodology used, and preliminary working models of the software available on the intranet to bilateral and implementing agencies and to Members of the Executive Committee;
6. To approve the related work, including programming of software, at a budget of US $50,000; and
7. To request a report from the Secretariat on the experience gained in implementing subparagraphs (c) and (d) above, to be submitted not later than the 62^nd Meeting of the Executive Committee.