Montreal Protocol Pavilion at COP28

Friday 1 December - World Action Summit

9:30 - 10:30 | GIZ Proklima: The Importance of green cooling fighting the climate crisis

14:00 - 15:00 | UNDP: Green Transition in private sectors for sustainable cold chain and space cooling

Saturday 2 December - World Action Summit

09:30 - 10:30 | GIZ Proklima: Cool NDCs: Integrating the refrigeration and air conditioning sector into nationally determined contributions

12:00 – 13:00 | Cool Coalition: Data to Drive Sustainable Cooling For All

14:00 - 15:00 | UNDP: Pioneering the Green Transition - From Ozone Layer to Climate

15:15 - 16:15 | ATMOsphere: Clean Cooling and Heating: Best Practices with Natural Refrigerants

Sunday 3 December - Health / Relief, Recovery, and Peace

09:30 - 10:30 | IIR: Sustainable refrigeration practices in health systems (hospital, pharmacies, cold chain for vaccines)

16:30 - 17:30 | OzonAction: Low-GWP, energy efficient cooling in high ambient temperature countries: Technical developments

Monday 4 December - Finance / Trade / Gender Equality / Accountability

09:30 – 10:30 | Cool Coalition: Financing Action on Cooling

10:45 - 11:45 | GFCCC: Financing the food and energy nexus. The complex and interrelated nature of our global resource systems

14:00 - 15:00 | OzonAction: “You can’t be what you can’t see” – What can INWIC do for women in cooling?

15:15 - 16:15 | UNDP: Enabling and Financing the transition to efficient climate friendly cooling in MENA region

16:30 – 17:30 | UNEP U4E and Cool UP: Towards a Market Transformation in Cooling: At the Intersection of Regulation and Financing

Tuesday 5 December - Energy and Industry / Just Transition / Indigenous Peoples / COOLING DAY

09:30 - 11:45 | Cooling The Climate With The Montreal Protocol. Lessons Learned from the Success of the Montreal Protocol

13:45 - 14:15 | ATMOsphere: Clean Cooling and Heating: Best Practices with Natural Refrigerants.

18:00 - 19:00 | GFCCC: The Cool Move! Cold Chain investments in emerging markets to reduce Food Loss & Waste.

Wednesday 6 December - Multi-level action, Urbanisation and Built environment / Transport

09:30 - 10:30 | UNIDO: Opportunities for innovative and synergic financing mechanisms within the transport sector.

14:00 - 15:00 | Danfoss: Building a sustainable and safe cold chain for a better future, health and well-being

15:15 - 16:15 | Cool Up: Building a cool tomorrow: Energy labels and their impact on cooling

Thursday 7 December - Danfoss (by invitation only): Site visits to some of the UAE's most sustainable projects.

Friday 8 December - Youth, Children, Education and Skills

09:30 - 10:30 | OzonAction: Energy efficiency in the RAC servicing sector – A missing piece to make MEPS work

15:00- 15:45 | Ozone Secretariat and Cool Coalition and CCAC: Ministerial High-level Segment: Cooling and Climate Leadership Showcase

15:15 - 16:15 | CEEW: Clean Cooling for All: Technology Cooperation Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities Linked to the Clean Cooling Transition

Saturday 9 December - Nature, Land Use, and Oceans

12:00 - 13:00 | GIZ Proklima: Avoiding 0.1 degrees Celsius with “Green” Split Air Conditioners

14:00 - 15:00 | Cool Up: Launch of Cool Up's 2nd MENA Region Cooling Status Report: Progress, opportunities, and insights

Sunday 10 December - Food, Agriculture and Water

12:00 - 13:00 | IIR: Increasing the frozen food storage temperature from -18°C to -15°C: Pioneering global change within the cold chain

14:00 - 15:00 | GIZ Proklima: Greener Reefers: Climate Impact and Mitigation Potential of Reefers Shipping Containers for Chilled and Frozen Goods

Full programme available.