Decision 74/21

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To note with appreciation the Secretariat’s analysis of the requests submitted for preparation of projects to demonstrate low-global warming potential (GWP) technologies, the requests for two fully-developed demonstration projects in Colombia and Egypt, and the feasibility studies on district cooling, taking into account the information contained in the document on the analysis of the remaining eligible HCFC consumption in various sectors and subsectors of potential demonstration relevance (UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/74/49);
2. To provide funding for one feasibility study for district cooling and the preparation of 13 projects to demonstrate low-GWP technologies, as contained in the work programmes of UNDP, UNIDO and the World Bank submitted and modified at the 74^th meeting, on the understanding that the approval of project preparation did not denote approval of the project proposal or its level of funding when submitted for consideration by the Executive Committee;
3. To request bilateral and implementing agencies to rationalize the costs of the demonstration projects to enable the approval of a larger number of demonstration projects under the available funding of US $10 million, in line with decision 72/40, and to further explore other sources of additional funding; and
4. To allow the submission of a limited number of additional requests for the preparation of projects to demonstrate low-GWP technologies in the air-conditioning manufacturing sector, the resubmission of the two fully-developed demonstration projects, and additional feasibility studies on district cooling to the 75^th meeting.