Resources

The OzonAction ‘WhatGas?’ application is an information and identification tool for refrigerants gases: ozone depleting substances (ODS), HFCs and other alternatives. It is intended to provide some stakeholders, including Montreal Protocol National Ozone Officers, customs officers, and refrigeration and air-conditioning technicians with a… read more

The UNEP OzonAction GWP-ODP Calculator app will help you to convert between values in metric tonnes, ODP tonnes and CO2-equivalent tonnes (or kg) of substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol and their alternatives. The updated application now includes a new “Kigali Amendment” mode.

It is very important to note that in the Kigali… read more

In this issue: 1. NEW OzonAction smartphone application: Good Servicing: Flammable Refrigerants Quick Guide 2. NEW OzonAction smartphone application: Refrigerant Identifier Video Series 3. National Ozone and Customs Officers in SADC region hold twinning workshop and Border Dialogues (South Africa) 4. South Asia and South-East Asia Ozone 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 2018: Focus on Food. Refrigeration and food security. Refrigeration and its applications in food preservation and conservation has played and will continue to play a major role in our… read more

World Ozone Day activities in Bhutan in September 2018

In this issue: 1. Little-noticed treaty could help delay climate catastrophe 2. $45 Billion commercial refrigeration equipment market - Global forecast to 2023 3. Find out about 2018 World Ozone Day Country Activities 4. Germany supports Ghana to phase out outmoded air-conditioners 5. Pacific Islands cooperate on energy-efficient cooling under… read more

In order to follow and facilitate the HFC phase-down schedules contained in the Kigali Amendment, the Parties, including both developed and developing countries, will have to implement certain measures. This booklet contains a recommended set of legislative and policy options which the developing (Article 5) countries may wish to consider for… read more

1. UN Secretary General message for the International Ozone Day 2018 2. UN Environment Executive director message for the International Ozone Day 2018 3. Let's carry on to achieve collectively our common goal: restoring the ozone layer 4. The International Ozone Commission, on the 31st anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, reports signs of… read more

1. 49 countries signed the Kigali Amendment to date 2. Find out about World Ozone Day country activities 3. Coordinating finance for sustainable refrigeration and air conditioning 4. Recent Southern Ocean warming and freshening driven by greenhouse gas emissions and ozone depletion 5. A photovoltaic system powers the refrigeration systems of a… read more

1. Let's carry on to achieve collectively our common goal: restoring the ozone layer 2. Women in the Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Sector - Call for stories 3. How to make air conditioning more sustainable 4. The cost of cool 5. Development of geothermal heat pumps by using environment friendly refrigerants 6. Methyl-Substituted a-… read more

1. Women in the Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Sector - Call for stories - Deadline extension to 6 September 2018 2. PODCAST: The Inside Story of How the World Closed the Hole in the Ozone Layer 3. How to prevent cooling from warming up the world 4. The 2018 Davy Medal is awarded to Professor John Pyle FRS 5. Rwanda’s new cool endeavour 6.… read more

OzonAction, in cooperation with UN Women, is seeking short ‘stories’ about  women  working in the refrigeration and  air-conditioning  (RAC)  sector,  explaining  their motivations, training and education, the challenges they may have faced, their experience and day to day details of their working lives.

1. Women in the Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Sector - Call for stories 2. Summary of the 40th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: 9-14 July 2018 3. Parties to Montreal Protocol take up urgent response to CFC-11 emissions 4. 2nd International… read more

HFC Phase-down timeline

1. Women in the Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Sector - Call for stories 2. Philippines Negros Occidental urged to lead reduction of HFCs use 3. Caribbean ozone officers network meet on Montreal Protocol implementation 4. ‘It takes a village to raise a good HVAC&R technician’ 5. Europe and Central Asia meeting of Montreal Protocol and… read more

1. "Keep Cool and Carry On", Theme for World Ozone Day 2018 2. Kigali Amendment: Thirty eight parties to the Montreal protocol have ratified 3. Nobel Laureate Mario Molina, "together we can change our environment for the better" 4. How G-7 Leaders Can Push for Relief to Global Warming [Montreal Protocol] 5. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation… read more

1. UN Environment statement on CFC emissions 2. An unexpected and persistent increase in global emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11 3. All nations including US will ratify 2016 climate deal: UNEP 4. Air conditioning use emerges as one of the key drivers of global electricity-demand growth 5. The secret behind Mali's early Kigali ratification 6… read more

1. Is Earth’s ozone layer still at risk? 5 questions answered 2. Hydrochlorofluorocarbon market set explosive growth to 2025 3. Fast mitigation to save lives and the planet in Latin America and the Caribbean 4. USEPA to start new rule-making on HFCs 5. HVAC manufacturers optimistic about the future of the refrigeration market 6. Reclamation of… read more

1. Twinning of national ozone officers and energy policymakers 2. OzonAction launches initiative to highlight 'Women in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector' 3. New videos available on the OzonAction RAC video application 4. What’s going on with carbon tetrachloride? 5. Polar Ozone and Polar Stratospheric Clouds 6. Brazil issues… read more

1. Dr. David Fahey a groundbreaking atmospheric scientist, will be among awardee recipients of the honorary doctoral degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in May 2. Blowing Agents Market Growth and New Market Opportunities Explored 2016 – 2024 3. Ghana Looking For Alternative Refrigerants 4. Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI)… read more