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In this issue: 1. Eliminating HFCs Faster will Cut Climate Harm 2. Report: Ozone Hole Has Shrunk by More Than Four Million Square Kilometers 3. El ozono medido en Marambio superó el valor de los 25 años anteriores e indica recuperación de la capa 4. Sustainable Management of Refrigeration Technologies in Marine and Off-Shore Fisheries Sectors, 6-8… read more

In this issue: Report of the 77th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of Montreal Protocol 2. 10th Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers to be Held in Geneva, Switzerland, 28 - 30 March 2017. Related documents now available 3. Sustainable Management of Refrigeration Technologies in Marine and Off-… read more

UN Environment and ASHRAE have partnered on a web-based course entitled “Refrigerants Literacy.” This course is 4.5 hours of instruction covering the basics of refrigerants used in air conditioning and refrigeration applications.

In this issue: 1. New OzonAction Multimedia Video Application Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Technician Video Series 2. Decline Reported in Consumption of MBr in A5 and Non-A5 Parties 3. Future Challenges for Stratospheric and Tropospheric Ozone 4. Hydrocarbons 'Could Replace' Most Synthetic Refrigerants 5. The Birth—and Possible Death—of the… read more

This fact sheet summarises and highlights the main elements of the Amendment of particular interest to countries operating under Article 5 of the Protocol (Article 5 Parties).

This document was produced by the UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE) OzonAction Programme under the framework of the UNEP-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) grant partnership project: “Regional Programme for Enhancing Institutional Capacity for HCFC Phase-out linked to Energy Efficiency and Climate… read more

In 2016, the Montreal Protocol was amended to phase-down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) which are commonly used alternatives to ozone depleting substances.

This report of seizures and iPIC consultations is based on the cases reported in the context of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Ozone Protection Award for Customs and Enforcement Officers (4th edition) which is part of the work programme of the UNEP Regional Ozone Network for Europe and Central Asia (ECA network). UN Environment is grateful… read more

This poster provides a short checklist for customs officers of things to keep in mind when handling ozone depleting substance shipments.

An overview of the basic tools used by RAC technicians in the servicing sector.

Under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Article 7 of the Protocol requires all Parties, both developing countries (also called Article 5 countries) and developed countries, to provide statistical data on an annual basis, on various issued related to trade and production of ozone-depleting substances (ODS),… read more

The RAC sector represents a major share of energy use in most developing countries as RAC appl i cat ions consume large amounts of electricity for cooling requirements, resulting in a rapid increase in energy consumption in the commercial and residential sectors of many countries.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction Branch, as well as other United Nations (UN) agencies operating under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, offered over the last two decades exhaustive training programmes for the servicing technicians on the refrigeration good practices including emissions… read more

This UNEP OzonAction publication is intended to help National Ozone Units understand why the close supervision of Methyl Bromide (MB) use in QPS applications is important for their countries continued compliance with the Montreal Protocol. It provides information about how to correctly identify MB QPS uses, data management, reporting,… read more

Table of common products and equipment containing or reliant on HCFCs

As part of its work in providing assistance to developing countries to fulfil their commitments under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the UNEP DTIE OzonAction Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) launched the ‘Informal Prior-Informed Consent’ (iPIC) mechanism in 2006. This initiative was developed in order to… read more

To better facilitate monitoring of trade in ODS, the Parties to the Montreal Protocol requested the World Customs Organization (WCO) to revise the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, also known as the Harmonized System (HS codes) for HCFCs. This resulted in amending heading 29.03 of Chapter 29 with the objective of assigning… read more

The number of single component refrigerants with different thermodynamic properties suitable for different types of equipment is limited. Growing demand for refrigeration and air-conditioning with diversified applications has led to a continued search for suitable refrigerant blends. A number of such blends have been developed by mixing two or… read more

1. Ozone Depleting Potential, Montreal Protocol ‘reporting’ values, Montreal Protocol Handbook, 2012. 2. Global Warming Potential, WMO Scientific Assessment Report, 2014 3. A1 = Lower toxicity, no flame propagation (non-flammable); B1 = Higher toxicity, no flame propagation (non-flammable); A2 = Lower toxicity, flammable 4. Code 2903.79 covers… read more

Certification is the means by which a person (or enterprise), as a result of training, education, external review and assessment, receives official approval of being able to competently complete a job or task. Certification can be a legal requirement or a measure undertaken voluntarily for professional advantage. Certification schemes which are… read more