Resources

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… 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

An overview of lower GWP alternatives and how these are being introduced into the different market sectors and sub-sectors.

A quick run-through of the different stakeholders that each Party must engage vis-à-vis the Kigali Amendment to ensure its successful and efficient implementation.

This fact sheet discusses some of the technical issues related to the operation of air-conditioning systems at high / extremely high ambient temperature

This fact sheet gives guidance on the impact of using flammable HFC alternatives.

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

The interaction and linkages of the Kigali Amendment with other existing policy measures is described in this fact sheet

The benefits and advantages of quick action to avoid costs and achieve target environmental results are explained in this fact sheet.

This fact sheet shows the four country groupings under the Kigali Amendment and provides a summary of the timetables and explains how to calculate the HFC baseline.

This fact sheet provides a summary of what Parties need to do when introducing new national legislation and setting up appropriate administrative procedures with regard to the implementation of the Kigali Amendment.

A look at the considerations and actions that Parties must make to come up with an optimal HFC phase-down strategy.

This fact sheet provides a list of the definition of terms and acronyms used in the Kigali Fact Sheet series as well as links to other useful information.

An introduction and general overview of the Kigali Amendment and the changes that will come with regard to the phase-down of HFCs.

An overview of the different sectors and markets where fluorocarbon chemicals and blends are used.

This fact sheet shows the importance of understanding how ‘tonnes CO2 equivalent’ is calculated and gives the GWP values for substances controlled under the Kigali Amendment.

UN Environment and ASHRAE have partnered on a web-based course entitled “Refrigerants Literacy.” This course is 4.5 hours of instruction covering the basics of refrigerants used in air conditioning and refrigeration applications.