Decision 95/77

The Executive Committee decided:

1. To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Zimbabwe for the period 2024–2029 to reduce HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s average HFC consumption in the baseline years (or 37 per cent of the country’s baseline) by 2029, in the amount of US $488,160, consisting of US $312,000, plus agency support costs of US $40,560, for UNEP and US $120,000, plus agency support costs of US $15,600, for UNDP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex LII to the present report;
2. To note:
   1. That, in line with decision 82/81(b), stage I of the KIP included an additional US $462,841, consisting of US $326,954, plus agency support costs of US $22,887, for UNDP and US $100,000, plus agency support costs of US $13,000, for the Government of France, related to the project approved at the 82nd meeting to phase out 14.50 metric tonnes (20,735 carbon dioxide-equivalent tonnes) in the conversion from HFC-134a to isobutane (R-600a) in the manufacture of domestic refrigerators at the enterprise Capri;
   2. That the Government of Zimbabwe would establish its starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HFC consumption on the basis of guidance provided by the Executive Committee;
   3. That, once the cost guidelines for HFC phase-down had been agreed by the Executive Committee, reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding would be determined in line with those guidelines;
   4. That the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding referred to in subparagraph (b)(iii) above would be deducted from the starting point referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii);
   5. That the Government of Zimbabwe would put in place a ban on the import of HFC-134a-based domestic refrigerators by 1 January 2026;
   6. That, upon completion of the end-user project included in stage I of the KIP, UNDP would submit a final report on the implementation of the project, including the HFC phase-out and energy-efficiency gains achieved, in line with decision 92/36(g);
3. To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Zimbabwe, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $272,895, consisting of US $151,500, plus agency support costs of US $19,695, for UNEP and US $90,000, plus agency support costs of US $11,700, for UNDP;
4. To request the Government of Zimbabwe, UNEP, UNDP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Zimbabwe 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 had been approved by the Executive Committee; and
5. To approve the extension of the project referred to in subparagraph (b)(i) above to 30 June 2025, and request UNDP to submit a project completion report on that project to the 97th meeting.