The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the regional Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for the Cook Islands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu (the Pacific island countries), for the period 2024-2029 to reduce HFC consumption by 18.12 per cent of the regional baseline by 2029, in the amount of US $1,841,900, consisting of US $1,242,000, plus agency support costs of US $161,460, for UNEP and US $388,000, plus agency support costs of US $50,440, for the Government of Australia, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex XLV to the present report;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Pacific island countries, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $1,105,140, consisting of US $683,000, plus agency support costs of US $88,790, for UNEP and US $295,000, plus agency support costs of US $38,350, for the Government of Australia;
- To note that upon completion of the end-user demonstration project included in stage I of the KIP, UNEP would submit a final report on the implementation of this project, including the HFC phase-out and energy efficiency gains achieved, in line with decision 92/36(g); and
- To request the Governments of the Pacific island countries, UNEP, the Government of Australia and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Governments of the Pacific island countries and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs, including the information contained in the annex referred to in subparagraph (a) above, and to submit it to a future meeting once the KIP Agreement template has been approved by the Executive Committee.