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Special release - Invitation to join the Sustainable cold chains and the Rome Declaration: delivering efficient ozone and climate-friendly cold chains to ensure nutritious and healthy food for all.
Monday, 20 September 2021, Online event. 

Event overview

In 2011, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization… read more

Event overview

In 2011, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that around one third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted annually. This amounts to a staggering estimated financial loss of about $940 billion and it creates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of about 4.4 gigatonnes CO2-eq per year, which… read more

Special Issue on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16 September 2021

- The World Ozone Day 2021 theme and tagline – Keeping Us, Our Food and Vaccines Cool
- Montreal Protocol-Keeping Us, Our Food and Vaccines Cool
- The UN Secretary-General -- Message on the International Day for the Preservation… read more

Special release - Invitation to join the Virtual World Cold Chain Symposium 2021

Sponsors Announce Program for the Virtual World Cold Chain Symposium

The Global Food Cold Chain Council (GFCCC) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction announce the speakers for the virtual 2021 World Cold Chain Symposium.

The… read more

The Global Food Cold Chain Council (GFCCC) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction announce the speakers for the virtual 2021 World Cold Chain Symposium.

The Symposium theme “Promoting Sustainable Cold Chain: From Data to Action” will take place on Tuesday, 14 September 2021 from 9 to 11 AM EST. The program will be broken… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Protecting the ozone layer also protects earth’s ability to sequester carbon
3. Under the northern lights: Mesospheric ozone layer depletion explained
4. Sustainable Refrigeration Summit - 27 September - 8 October 2021
5. Tunisia joins international… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Protecting the ozone layer also protects earth’s ability to sequester carbon
3. Under the northern lights: Mesospheric ozone layer depletion explained
4. Sustainable Refrigeration Summit - 27 September - 8 October 2021
5. Tunisia joins international effort… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification

2. Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC

3. IPCC Includes GWPs for Hydrocarbons in New Report

4. Published evidence supports very low yields of TFA from most HFOs and HCFOs

5. Sustainable Refrigeration Summit - 27 September -… read more

In this issue:  
 
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification
2. Summary report of the 2nd Part of the 43rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG 43) - 14–17 July 2021 | Online
3. Ozone research managers say no room for complacency on ozone layer recovery - Systematic… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification
2. 2nd Part of the 43rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG 43) - 14–17 July 2021 | Online
3. New OzonAction Knowledge Maps tool
4. Nigeria Federal Government launches HCFCs phase out plan for ozone depleting… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification
2. New OzonAction Knowledge Maps tool
3. Revised contingency plan for the 2021 meetings of the ozone treaties
4. Climate change favours large seasonal loss of Arctic ozone
5. The World Customs Organisation: Amendments effective from 1 January 2022
6.… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification
2. World Ozone Day 2021 celebrating the Montreal Protocol that is: Keeping us, our food and vaccines cool
3. Montreal Parties agree on replenishing funds for ozone action
4. World Refrigeration Day announces theme of 2021 campaign
5. Variations in methyl… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Appointment of Ms. Meg Seki as Executive Secretary, announcement by Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director 3. Parties to the Montreal Protocol continue online discussions on the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund 4. 19th European Conference: The latest technologies in refrigeration… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Ever-evolving Montreal Protocol a model for environmental treaties 3. Climate emissions shrinking the stratosphere, scientists reveal 4. World Refrigeration Day announces theme of 2021 campaign 5. Phase Down of Hydrofluorocarbons Initiated by EPA 6. Stakeholder conference on the review… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. ASHRAE and UN Environment Programme Launch Three-Year Workplan
3. Climate crisis: 2075 could be the year the ocean starts emitting harmful gases
4. COVID-19 and how to establish a sustainable and climate resilient vaccine cold chain - New publication
5.… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. ASHRAE and UN Environment Programme Launch Three-Year Workplan
3. Report of the Eighty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
4. U.S.-China Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Convening of the 85th, 86th and 87th meetings of the Executive Committee of the
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (updated)
3. Fourth Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on
Replenishment: 2021… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Controlling trade in ozone depleting substances: iPIC breaks all records in 2020 screening 40,000 tonnes 3. Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now! Fireside chat with the authors 4. World Refrigeration Day announces theme of 2021 campaign 5. Not passing on passive cooling: How philanthropy can… read more

International Women’s Day 2021: Let's All Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, 8th March 2021.

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Gas Card Tool: Web-based Visual Printable Cards of Refrigerant Gases 3. Global CFC-11 emissions back on track 4. NASA-funded network tracks the recent rise and fall of ozone depleting pollutants 5. NASA, LAPAN launch Ozonesonde from Indonesian site for 1st time in 8 years 6. German firm… read more