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In this issue:

Patrick Mclnerney 1963 – 2024

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. A world united in environmental action
3. International Network of Women in Cooling Survey Seeks Input from Women Working in Natural Refrigeration
4. Unlocking the Secrets of the Stratosphere with the JPSS Ozone Mapping… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Celebrating International Women's Day, 8 March 2024
3. Forty-sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG46), 8 to 12 July 2024, Montreal - Letter from the Ozone Secretariat 
4. Call for proposals for innovation… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Reminder: Reporting of cases of illegal trade in controlled substances and illegal production and consumption
3. A method for calculating offsets to ozone depletion and climate impacts of ozone-depleting substances: Technical note
4. Refrigeración sostenible… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Decisions adopted by the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol - Letter from the Ozone Secretariat Executive Secretary
3. COP28 Reflections - Cooling for Climate Action: Ministers’ Cool Soundbites
4. Energy transition in hot and arid… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Greening the Blue Report 2023 - Facts and figures on the Ozone Secretariat’s emissions impact from meetings, and accelerating UN efforts on environmental governance and training
3. Cold storage and refrigeration
4. The social costs of… read more

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… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. ADVANCE-Decisions adopted by the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Nairobi, 23–27 October 2023
3. Summary of the 35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Summary of the 35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP35), 22–27 October 2023
3. The Montreal Protocol: multilateralism done right
4. Montreal Protocol delegates replenish the Multilateral Fund and… read more

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

In this issue October 2023: Women in RAC: Every action counts for a more inclusive world -  Practical measures for mainstreaming gender in the implementation of the Montreal Protocol

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Organisers Introduce Overarching Agenda for the 2023 World Cold Chain Symposium
3. When it comes to heating the planet, the fluid in your AC is thousands of times worse than CO2
4.14 Refrigeration Technicians From Francophone Africa Learn About Natural … read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Organisers Introduce Overarching Agenda for the 2023 World Cold Chain Symposium
3. Efficient, Smart, Controlled Refrigeration Tackled at ICR in Paris - Invited article
4. Antarctic ozone hole starts amid questions about the impact of Hunga Tonga eruption
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Special Issue on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16 September 2023
- The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed 16 September 2023
- Montreal Protocol: fixing the ozone layer and reducing climate change, Ozone… read more

In this issue:

Special Announcement - Sustainable Growth: Building Business Models for Cold Chain Development

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Knowledge is cold …
3. Descubriendo el potencial de los sistemas de refrigeración magnética: Un análisis exhaustivo
4. Dr Yosr Allouche appointed as next… read more

In this issue:

Special Announcement - Sustainable Growth: Building Business Models for Cold Chain Development

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. New and updated guides and submission forms for the preparation of project proposals
3. Fears over Antarctic sea ice as yearly ozone layer hole forms ‘very… read more

This technical brief reflects the Polish experience of setting up and managing logbooks for refrigeration, air-conditioning, heat pump (RACHP) and other types of equipment. It also provides examples of similar equipment databases used in other developed and developing countries.

In this issue:   1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications. 2. New and updated guides and submission forms for the preparation of project proposals. 3. A review of current understanding of HFC-23 emissions and contributing source processes. 4. “Towards efficient, controlled and smart Refrigeration.”  5. A Cooler Future: The Role of Solid-State… read more

The National Single Window is a centralized system that links all relevant government approving authorities and acts as a ‘one-stop-shop’ where importers and exporters may submit applications electronically including information and all required paperwork to support the application and approval process.

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Summary of the 45th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: 2-7 July 2023
3. Considerations for establishing national HFC Quota System
4. ASHRAE and UNEP Announce Lower GWP Award… read more

The RPL process can help those in the industry acquire a formal qualification that matches their knowledge and skills and thereby contributes to improving their employability, mobility, and lifelong learning. RPL can make a significant contribution to providing the relevant learning framework necessary for the present and ongoing maintenance of… read more

The Parties to the Kigali Amendment need to establish a mechanism to effectively control the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a group of greenhouse gases that are controlled under the Montreal Protocol. Similar to the hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) phase-out, an effective quota system can play a vital role in assisting… read more