In this issue: 1. Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2018: Full Report Now Available 2. Study provides more evidence of the recovering Antarctic ozone hole 3. ASHRAE/UNEP Lower-GWP Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Innovation Award 4. Women in science for ozone protection 5. Rwanda’s ambitious plan for clean and efficient cooling 6. Effects of climate change felt in Zimbabwe - MPs urged to take lead in finding solutions 7. Protecting the ozone: Jamaica’s refrigeration industry 8. Cutting HFCs and other SLCPs is a top sustainable business trend for 2019 - Report 9. Permit to pollute withdrawn after North Carolina community pushes back 10. UK to support nitrogen research in India 11. Oman ratified international conventions on the mitigation of the effects of manufactured chemicals 12. UN, Turkmenistan implementing joint project to reduce ozone-depleting substances 13. 'Europe's first' professional school for HVAC&R technicians has opened in greater Milan, Italy 14. Alternative refrigerants e-learning platform is now live in 15 languages 15. Swedish treatment operators for cooling and freezing appliances are required to comply with the CENELEC EN50625-series
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