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Empowering Regional Action: How ECA Network Countries Used Legislative & Policy Options / RAC Sector Action Tables as an Effective Tool to Foster Dialogue and Share Insights to Support Kigali Amendment Implementation

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol requires parties to reduce hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) consumption. To… read more

This booklet is designed to assist the governments of developing countries (“Article 5 countries” under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer) in devising strategies for digital solutions in electronic import/export licensing systems to enhance monitoring, reporting, verification, and enforcement (MRVE) of licensing… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Cooling the Heat: Enhancing Energy Efficiency of the Refrigeration and Cooling Sector
3. Rise in nitrous oxide emissions endangers pathway to 1.5°C, the ozone layer, and human health
4. General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic… read more

A Tri-annual newsletter by UNEP OzonAction under the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol. 

This issue focuses on the Montreal Protocol and its Kigali Amendment: Ozone, Climate and Health.

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Summary of the Combined Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the
Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that
Deplete the Ozone Layer: 28 October… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Combined thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties
3. The Multilateral Fund New Core Products
4. Arctic ozone reaches record high in positive step for climate
5. Guide on Preventing the Dumping of Inefficient… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. The Remarkable Story of the Montreal Protocol with Lessons for Cyberspace
3. Record High March 2024 Arctic Total Column Ozone
4. Mozambique: Govt Bans Refrigeration Equipment Harmful to Ozone Layer
5. Oman ratifies Kigali amendment to combat global… read more

OzoNews, Vol. XXIV - Special Issue on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16 September 2024

In this issue:

- The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed 16 September 2024, ‘Commit to Making Peace with Our… read more

The ECA network has implemented enforcement–related activities since its inception in 2003 including regional enforcement meetings, border dialogues, and a series of awards for Customs and Enforcement Officers.

In this issue: 
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 
2. World Ozone Day 2024 - Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action 
3. Guidance on Sustainable Cooling Approaches for Enhanced nationally determined contributions (NDCs) 
4. Effective realization of abatement measures can reduce HFC-23 emissions 
5.… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. World Ozone Day 2024 - Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action
3. Opportunities for Alternative Cooling Technologies in the HFC Transition
4. UNEP OzonAction supports women in cooling at Chillventa
5. Future Trends of Natural Refrigerants: Selection,… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Ozone Secretariat - Invitation to (i) the combined 13th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the 36th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (28 October… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Parties to the Montreal Protocol Meet in the Home of the Protocol to Discuss Ozone Layer and Climate Protection
3. Global effort produces first-ever decline in harmful HCFC levels
4. Inception workshop for the Philippines’ hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phasedown plan… read more

The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an update on ASHRAE standards for refrigerants and to introduce the new refrigerants that have been awarded an «R» number over the last few years and introduced into the international market.

Spanish - Actualización sobre Nuevas Designaciones para Refrigerantes y Clasificaciones de… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Upcoming 46th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties
3. Primer for Implementation Committee (Revised, Edition 2024), UNEP Ozone Secretariat
4. Upcoming 2024 World Cold Chain Symposium
5. Anglophone Africa Ozone Officers meet to exchange… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Report of the 94th meeting of the Executive Committee
3. Life Cycle based Hot spots in Cooling Systems
4. Next Generation Cooling: World Refrigeration Day Announces 2024 Theme “Temperature Matters...Absolutely!”
5. The impact of refrigeration on food… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. World Ozone Day 2024 theme announced "Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action"
3. Continuing benefits of the Montreal Protocol and protection of the stratospheric ozone layer for human health and the environment
4. ASHRAE and UNEP Renew Cooperation… read more

In this issue:

Obituary - Jeremy Bazyé, Former Regional Coordinator for the African Networks of Ozone Officers

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Guidebook on Mainstreaming Gender in the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
3. ASHRAE and UNEP Launch the 2024 Lower GWP Innovation Award
4. Exploring… read more

This Guidebook on Mainstreaming Gender in the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (hereinafter referred to as the guidebook) has been developed to help advance the agenda of gender equality and women’s empowerment under the implementation of Montreal Protocol by means of the NOUs and national stakeholders mainstreaming gender issues into… read more

In this issue: 

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. ASHRAE and UNEP Launch the 2024 Lower GWP Innovation Award
3. Meeting of the Chemical group of the Medical and Chemical Technical Options Committee (MCTOC), Paris, France, 15-17 April 2024
4. Seal pups and penguin chicks exposed to more UV in Antarctica
… read more