In this issue: 1. ASHRAE & UNEP-OzonAction launch new joint workplan promoting management of refrigerants in developing economies 2. Dumping of obsolete air conditioners undermines development and climate goals 3. Uncovering the Ozone Hole - Podcast 4. Gov't to get tough on HFC refrigerant violations (Japan) 5. Flammable Refrigerants Safety Guide - AIRAH 6. The Supreme Council for the Environment signs the institutional support agreement with the United Nations Environment Program (Bahrain) 7. Clean cooling technology in Jordan is a first for the Middle East 8. European Commission issued standardization request for a new European standardization deliverable in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment 9. New Refcom guidance sets out post-Brexit implications for F-Gas 10. How to avoid counterfeit, illegal refrigerants
UN Environment Programme is an Implementing Agency of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol. OzonAction is part of UN Environment Programme's Law Division and serves 147 developing countries through the Compliance Assistance Programme.