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Over the last three decades, the world has realized that the safest and efficient fluorinated refrigerants that were used for decades, contribute negatively to global warming and ozone depletion and threaten life on earth. Because of this, governments and industry engaged in legal and research efforts to find alternatives in order to control… read more

This Webinar, on World Refrigeration Day (WRD), on Refrigerants for Life and how they affect modern life, intends to capture the overall global picture of policies, research,and trends of using refrigerants in different applications while presenting the role of industry, governments,and individuals in ensuring the Responsible Use of… read more

PRAHA-II is a continuation of the process with specific goals that are aligned with the findings of PRAHAI. The two main findings of PRAHA-I are that, 1) there are viable alternatives at High Ambient Temperature (HAT) conditions which need optimized equipment design to perform and deliver the energy efficiency minimum requirements, and 2) that… read more

This is the electronic and interactive version of the UN Environment OzonAction Quick Guide on Good Servicing Practices for Flammable Refrigerants.It offers easy reference to the key safety classification and technical properties of flammable refrigerants that are available in the market. It also provides important safety guidance for the… read more

Video series on guidance on how to identify refrigerants using a refrigerant identifier

Commercial, Professional and Domestic Refrigeration

Under the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP), UN Environment is implementing a two-year "twinning" project to build the capacity of National Ozone Officers and national energy policymakers for linking energy efficiency and Montreal Protocol objectives in support of the Kigali Amendment.

Cold chain technology brief in refrigeration in food production and processing

Transport Refrigeration

Cold Storage and Refrigerated Warehouses

UN Environment OzonAction, in cooperation with the World Customs Organization and the Ozone Secretariat, is launching the global Montreal Protocol award for customs and enforcement officers.

The award recognizes the crucial role of customs & enforcement officers in implementing trade restrictions and bans for… 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

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

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

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.

This poster, developed by OzonAction, will help Montreal Protocol stakeholders to keep track of key HFC phase-down dates.

Many of the commonly used refrigerants are mixtures of several pure fluids. The Kigali Amendment controls the use of HFCs, including those used in refrigerant mixtures. This Fact Sheet provides details about the GWP of refrigerant mixtures.

La plupart des réfrigérants couramment utilisés sont des mélanges de plusieurs fluides… read more

In Kigali Fact Sheet 6 the development of a national HFC phase-down strategy is discussed. That Fact Sheet gives background information on the “core actions” that can be used to deliver the required cuts in HFC consumption. It was stressed that the most important long-term core action is to use lower GWP alternatives to HFCs in all new… read more

Mobile air-conditioning (MAC) systems used to cool the driver and passengers in land transport including cars, vans, lorries, buses, agricultural vehicles and trains. Historically all car air-conditioning used the refrigerant CFC-12. This was completely phased-out during the 1990s in developing countries and around a decade later in developing… read more

This fact sheet discusses the various barriers to the successful implementation of the Kigali Amendment