16th ECA Meeting on National Cooling Action Plans and Highlights from Network Countries

Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 11:00 Paris / CET time

This meeting is part of the activities of UNEP OzonAction's Regional Montreal Protocol Network for Europe and Central Asia (ECA network). UNEP Energy will present how national cooling action plans (NCAPs) can connect the HCFC phase-out and HFC-phase-down with climate action under the Paris Agreement and progress on the SDGs. Subsequently, network countries will share their highlights of Montreal Protocol implementation in their respective countries. The meeting will conclude with a roundtable discussion on planned activities for Word Refrigeration Day and World Ozone Day. Besides the invited experts, participants include Article 5 and associated CEIT countries, bilateral partners, and partner agencies. The agenda items are:

1)    Welcome and introduction – Mr. Halvart Koeppen, UNEP OzonAction
2)    How national cooling action plans (NCAPs) can connect the HCFC phase-out and HFC phase-down with climate action under the Paris Agreement and progress on the SDGs - Mr. Marco Duran,
3)    Armenia: TROPOMI instrument for regular observation of the ozone layer - Ms. Liana Ghahramanyan
4)    Serbia: Training activities in 2020 - certification of service technicians and companies and training of customs officers - Ms. Bojana Radeski
5)    Turkey: NOU studies related to the Montreal Protocol and its Kigali Amendment - Ms. Ecem Bahçelioğlu
6)    Turkmenistan: Implementation of HPMP stage II - Ms. Anzhela Gaziyeva
Roundtable discussion on World Refrigeration Day and World Ozone Day activities