Ulaanbaatar, 29 August 2019 – The Mongolian Ministry of Environment and Tourism, the National Ozone Authority of Mongolia in cooperation with UN Environment Programme (UNEP), organized an “Ozone2Climate (O2C) Technologies Roadshow and Industry Roundtable” in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 26-27 August 2019, with participation of industry, research institutes, education and training centers, and government agencies. The main focus of this event was to create a platform for information exchange and discussions about national and international technology and policy trends, industry standards and constraints for the implementation of ozone and climate friendly alternatives within the Mongolian industry with support from policy-makers and consumers, and also to display the latest zero-ODP and low-GWP alternative technologies that are available in the local market of Mongolia such as R-290, R-600a, R-717, R-744 and R-1234yf.
From the left: Mr. Usukhjargal Ts, Ms. Maria Socorro, Vice Minister Batbayar Ts, Ms. Megumi Seki, Prof. Adiyasuren Ts, Mr. Shaofeng Hu and Mr. Niro Tohi
Mr. Batbayar Ts, the Vice Minister of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia, Mr. Shaofeng Hu, the Montreal Protocol Regional Coordinator UNEP, and Usukhjargal Ts, President of Mongolian Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association, delivered opening remarks at this remarkable event which was followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony for the first technologies roadshow in Mongolia.
The roadshow covered Mongolia’s 17 entities representing research institutes of mining, transportation, construction, commerce, education and training sectors. The event demonstrated ozone and climate friendly, energy efficient refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) technologies in various applications/sub sectors, such as mobile air conditioners, commercial and household refrigerators and air conditioners that are available in Mongolia’s local markets.
More than 100 participants from different fields participated in the simultaneously held Industry Roundtable meeting, including industry experts, academics and government officials of Mongolia. This consisted of national and international sessions and discussed current developments, challenges, future prospects, and policy trends of the refrigeration and air conditioning sector.
In the first session, Alvin Jose from UNEP, Zhao Jin from China National Ozone Unit, and Niro Tohi from Japan presented on the topic of Global Policy and Technology trends, Technology Progress and Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Servicing Sector in China, and Policies and Technologies for HFC phase-down in Japan.
As an importing country, national stakeholders discussed technical and import difficulties and disposal mechanism with international experts.
In the last session, Mongolian representatives from the RAC sector discussed how efforts and challenges of alternative technologies in the country as well as readiness of the Mongolian market for the consequences of Kigali Amendment ratification. Representatives and experts demonstrated alternative technology development and their application in the RAC sector with the aim of maximizing benefits for ozone, climate and energy efficiency.
For more information:
Mr. Hu Shaofeng
Montreal Protocol Coordinator for Asia-Pacific
UN Environment Programme, OzonAction
Bangkok, Thailand
Email: hus@un.org
