United Nations Environment Programme

Paris, 25 May 2012 – The United Nations Environment Programme’s OzonAction Branch has released a project platform to collect input for a new HCFC Knowledge Portal to be launched later this year.  Read more

 

 

Paro, 17 May 2012 – An innovative mechanism to promote formal compliance with a multilateral environmental agreement (MEA) just got better, with the United Nations Environment Programme’s release of a new online version of the Informal Prior Informed Consent on Trade of Ozone Depleting Substances (iPIC).  Read more
 

Paro, 15 May 2012 – Governments of Asia-Pacific together with international organizations and donor countries have all flown to the lush, green mountains of the tiny Kingdom of Bhutan for the Joint Network Meeting of Ozone Officers of South Asia and Southeast Asia and the Pacific starting today until 17 May 2012 in Paro.  Read more...

 

Conference and exhibition to bring together industry, policymakers, environmental organizations, and academia to share information and expertise on various alternatives and approaches to ensure that the phase-out of CFCs and HCFCs is done in such as way as to limit the climate contribution of high GWP materials. United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, July 21-22, 2012.  Read more |  Invitation letter

 

Port Vila, 3 May 2012 - The Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) are strengthening their national systems to control the import and export of harmful chemicals regulated under the international treaty known as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.  Read more

 

New York, 22 April 2012 - Three days before Earth Day 2012, New York’s most popular city attraction- the Times Square, added another facet of appeal with the unveiling of the ‘Sky Patching’ sculpture of Goddess Nüwa” on 19 April 2012. Read more...

 

An attempt to smuggle more than 19 tones of ozone-depleting substances to the Russian Federation was curbed in St. Petersburg .... Read more
 

Beijing, 13 April 2012 – Showcased as part of the UNEP OzonAction booth at the 2012 Ozone2Climate Technology Roadshow in Beijing, China, the Ozone2Climate Technology Virtual Exhibition platform has interested Chinese refrigeration and air conditioning companies to participate in the virtual platform.  Read more
 

Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 13 April 2012 – Technicians from various businesses met in Rarotonga on 4 April 2012 to form the Cook Islands’ Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Association. Read more
 

Beijing, 12 April 2012 - Key industry experts and senior government officers from China, Japan, the United States together with refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) professionals and trade buyers from all over the world gathered today for the "Ozone2Climate Industry Roundtable" at the New China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing to discuss chemical and technology options to replace the ozone-depleting Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) to be phased out starting 1 January 2013.   Read more
 

Beijing, 11 April 2012 – Thousands of people of different nationalities flooded the doors of the CRH 2012 for the 23rd International Exhibition for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Heating and Ventilation, Frozen Food Processing, Packaging and Storage (CRH 2012) at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, China, which opened today and will run until 13 April 2012.   Read more | UNEP Press Release (12 April 2012):  Overcoming Barriers to Promote Ozone-friendly Technologies