In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Appointment of Ms. Meg Seki as Executive Secretary, announcement by Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director 3. Parties to the Montreal Protocol continue online discussions on the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund 4. 19th European Conference: The latest technologies in refrigeration and air conditioning - environment, energy, training, certification, legislation, standards, safety, 10-11 June 2021 5. World Refrigeration Day announces theme of 2021 campaign 6. Stratospheric contraction caused by increasing greenhouse gases 7. Joint inference of CFC lifetimes and banks suggests previously unidentified emissions 8. Fighting climate change means taking laughing gas seriously 9. Market assessment and financial schemes for sustainable cooling in Ghana and Senegal 10. Beijing aiming for green, safe 2022 Winter Olympics 11. NatRef use in Japan’s cold storage sector expected to double in next five years, says Industry Association 12. Rigid foam insulation gets a climate chemistry upgrade 13. Accelerating EU’s F-Gas phase-down can save 100M tonnes of CO2e - German Environment Agency
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