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The following stories from Nigeria are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."   ESTHER BAMIWO FUNMILAYO

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction invites you to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2020. The theme for this year is: “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. This celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following stories from Nicaragua and Niger are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."   ANGELA BARETTO (NICARAGUA) As a freshly graduated architect, I was convinced that I wanted to contribute to a more sustainable future for the built environment. That is why I decided to pursue a master’s degree in environmental design and engineering back in 2011.

The following stories from Namibia are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."   HILMA PANDULENI DAVID I think it important to ensure safe conditions during maintenance, repair, installation and inspection.   I  also encourage young women to take part in vocational training to update their skills.

The following stories from Myamar are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."   KYI KYI PYONE

The following stories from Mexico and Mongolia are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."   MARINA JOSEFINA PEREZ MONTIIEL (MEXICO)

The following three stories from Malawi are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."   MARY KAPETE I have always had a passion for fixing electrical equipment, and when I realized that the RAC course had no women technicians in our area I took on the challenge of being the only woman doing it.

The following story by FOTOUH AL-RAGOM from Kuwait is an extract from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."  

The following two stories from Iran are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."

The following four stories from Indonesia are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."

“Quickly, efficiently and accurately convert between values in metric tonnes, ODP tonnes and CO2-equivalent tonnes”

The latest version of the factsheet providing up to date information on refrigerant designations and safety classifications is now available (April 2020 update).

The UNEP OzonAction WhatGas? application has been updated and improved.

The following two stories from Honduras and India are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."

The raid is not like other police raids. No flashing lights and no breaking down doors. There is no cache of weapons to seize. But on a planetary scale, what the police came to confiscate is no less dangerous. On the outskirts of Vientiane, Lao Environment Police enter a nondescript shop selling refrigerators, rice cookers and other appliances, flanked by officials from the Pollution Control Department and the Department of Domestic Trade. They have been tipped off that the shop is likely selling smuggled refrigerants.

The following stories from France, The Gambia, Georgia and Germany are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."

The following stories from Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Fiji are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."

The following three stories from Colombia are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."

Thimphu, December 2019  ̶   Under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the technicians who work in refrigeration and air conditioning play a major role because they handle the refrigerant gases that are controlled under that international environmental agreement.

30 December 2019, Muscat  ̶  Illegal trade in substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), undermines national commitments under this international environmental agreement. It also violates national laws, deprives the government of rightful income, and supports other forms of illegal activity. Customs officials worldwide, including those in Oman, are highly committed to protecting their borders by fighting this illicit chemical trade.

The following six stories from China are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."

Torugart, Kyrgyzstan, 11 December 2019  The first X-ray equipment for trucks has been installed at the Torugart checkpoint in the Naryn province of Kyrgyzstan which is connected through the Torugart mountain pass with the Xinjiang region of China. It is one of the highest mountain roads of the country at an elevation of 3,752 meter above sea level and located in the Tian Shan mountains. The trade volume between China and Kyrgyzstan is estimated to be at least USD 2 billion per year.

The following five stories from China are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry."

The following stories from Bulgaria and Canada are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry." VIOLETA IVANOVA (BULGARIA) I was born, and have always lived and worked, in Sofia, the capital city of a beautiful country called Bulgaria.

The following stories from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana and Brazil are extracts from the booklet 'Women in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry." GORDON TICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA I was born in Banja Luka on March 31, 1964, where I completed elementary school and high school. I entered the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Thermotechnics and Motorization in 19n3. I graduated in April 1989.