In this issue:1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures - COP28 3. Cooling Demand Surges in HAT Countries: Balancing Efficiency and Environmental Impact 4. Keeping it Chill: How to meet cooling demands while cutting emissions 5. GFCCC and its Partners Launch the Cool Move Initiative 6. 2023 ozone hole not as large as anticipated 7. General Trust Fund for Financing Activities on Research and Systematic Observations Relevant to the Vienna Convention: Call for project proposals 8. Record number of Montreal Protocol-related seizures under WCO’s Global Customs Operation DEMETER IX 9. Summary of the 35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP35), 22–27 October 2023 10. Caribbean Ozone Officers Network Meeting held back-to-back with Regional Workshop for Women in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) 11. Starting in 2024, Grenada Restricts Refrigerant GWP to Below 150 in Refrigerators and 750 in AC Units 12. The story of India's first state-wide cool roof policy 13. Japan faces disruption in food supplies as cold storage falls short 14. Summary of Refrigerant Reclamation Trends 15. A-State researchers receive $700,000 to study food supply protections 16. Revision of the Ozone Regulation – EU 17. Refrigerant smuggled into Ukraine as humanitarian aid 18. New regulations to protect the ozone layer are proposed