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In this issue: 1. OzoNews is Turning 21! 2. Record-breaking 2020 ozone hole closes 3. NatRef heat pumps to the rescue 4. Embodying the Lifecycle Management of Fluorocarbons: Moving forward with the Initiative on Fluorocarbons Life Cycle Management (IFL) - operationalizing the concept into actions 5. Adiabatic gas coolers seen as key to… read more

The Gas card tool is a web-based visualization tool of refrigerant gases, developed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction, to provide engineers, workers, and technicians with basic information on each substance/gas on visual printable cards that they are working with or handling in the workplace.

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Parties to the Montreal Protocol adjust to the COVID pandemic
3. Multilateral Fund’s post-COVID-19 recovery response
4. K. Madhava Sarma & K. Ramalakshmi Montreal Protocol Science Champion Award
5. Africa's clean cooling centre of excellence moves… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Ozone Secretariat, High-Level Segment of COP12(I)/MOP32 - Opening remarks by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme 3. Summary of the Combined Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. OzonAction Virtual Side Events at MOP 32 3. Contingency meeting plans for 2020-2021: update 4. The seasonal ozone hole over Antarctica will remain active well into November 5. Survey Seeks Feedback on NatRef Trends in 2021 6. Call for Green Cooling Project Ideas 7. The Montreal Protocol… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Contingency meeting plans for 2020-2021: update 3. Large ozone hole recorded over Antarctic for 2020, but Montreal Protocol efforts have minimized the damage 4. Operation DEMETER VI thwarts transboundary shipments of illegal waste and ozone depleting substances 5. Linking cooling to… read more

In this issue: 1. A tribute to Professor Mario Molina, our most esteemed champion of ozone layer protection 2. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 3. Contingency meeting plans for 2020-2021: update 4. 2020 Antarctic ozone hole is large and deep 5. The 2018 RTOC assessment report mobile air conditioning (chapter 10) 6. Climate-friendly cooling… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. First International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 29 September 2020 3. Contingency meeting plans for 2020-2021: update 4. Climate-Friendly Cooling Can Slow Global Warming 5. How Montreal Protocol activities contribute to the Paris Agreement 6. Lower-GWP refrigeration & air… read more

UNEP OzonAction, in cooperation with United for Efficiency (U4E), Kigali Cooling Efficiency Programme (KCEP) and ASHRAE have jointly developed a new introductory e-learning course to increase the awareness and understanding of government policymakers, community stakeholders and business leaders about energy-efficiency related to air… read more

Special Issue on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
The World Ozone Day 2020 theme and tagline - OZONE FOR LIFE - 35 YEARS OF OZONE LAYER PROTECTION
On 19 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating… read more

The HCFC Quota and Licence Tracker Desktop Application is a simple but powerful tool designed to assist National Ozone Officers in Article 5 countries in their daily work. The tracker enables the planning, calculating, monitoring and management of consumption quotas and licences for HCFCs. It can be simply used as a tracking tool, or for future… read more

The HCFC Quota and Licence Tracker Desktop Application is a simple but powerful tool designed to assist National Ozone Officers in Article 5 countries in their daily work. The tracker enables the planning, calculating, monitoring and management of consumption quotas and licences for HCFCs. It can be simply used as a tracking tool, or for future… read more

Inspection of operator facilities to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Serbian Air Protection Law on controlled ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases

Checklist for successful auctioning of seized refrigerants.

In this issue: 1. Obituary of Mr. Vunga Uikelotu, Principle Ozone Officer and the Head of Ozone Layer Protection Division, Tonga
2. OzonAction Rolls Out Enhanced Informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC) Platform 3. Address major holes in ozone hole treaty to avert stronger climate change and serious health risks, experts warn 4.… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. The unusual 2020 Arctic ozone hole as seen in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring service reanalysis 3. New research underpins the huge climate win of moving to propane-based airconditioning 4. Lower-GWP refrigeration & air conditioning innovation award 5. New call for project… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Summary of the 42nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG 42), 14-16 July 2020 | Online 3. Kigali Amendment hits milestone 100th ratification, boosting climate action 4. Study of the dependence of… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification
2. 42nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (OEWG 42), 14-16 July 2020 | Online
3. Record‐low Arctic stratospheric ozone in 2020: MLS observations of chemical processes and… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Modelling the potential impacts of the recent, unexpected increase in CFC-11 emissions on total column ozone recovery 3. A new way to cool vaccines off the grid 4. Overview for the meetings of the ozone treaties in 2020-2021 5. Lower-GWP refrigeration & air conditioning innovation… read more

In this issue: 1. Join the UNEP-UNIDO-ASHRAE webinar on 'Alternative Refrigerants for High Ambient Temperature Countries' 2. Join the International webinar under the theme of ‘Cold Chain 4 Life’ on 26 June 2020 3. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 4. Overview for the meetings of the ozone treaties in 2020-2021 5. Forever chemicals’ are… read more