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In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Appointment of Ms. Meg Seki as Executive Secretary, announcement by Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director 3. Parties to the Montreal Protocol continue online discussions on the replenishment of the Multilateral Fund 4. 19th European Conference: The latest technologies in refrigeration… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Ever-evolving Montreal Protocol a model for environmental treaties 3. Climate emissions shrinking the stratosphere, scientists reveal 4. World Refrigeration Day announces theme of 2021 campaign 5. Phase Down of Hydrofluorocarbons Initiated by EPA 6. Stakeholder conference on the review… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. ASHRAE and UN Environment Programme Launch Three-Year Workplan
3. Climate crisis: 2075 could be the year the ocean starts emitting harmful gases
4. COVID-19 and how to establish a sustainable and climate resilient vaccine cold chain - New publication
5. World… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. ASHRAE and UN Environment Programme Launch Three-Year Workplan
3. Report of the Eighty-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
4. U.S.-China Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis
5.… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Convening of the 85th, 86th and 87th meetings of the Executive Committee of the
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (updated)
3. Fourth Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on
Replenishment: 2021 Contributions by… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Controlling trade in ozone depleting substances: iPIC breaks all records in 2020 screening 40,000 tonnes 3. Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now! Fireside chat with the authors 4. World Refrigeration Day announces theme of 2021 campaign 5. Not passing on passive cooling: How philanthropy can… read more

International Women’s Day 2021: Let's All Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, 8th March 2021.

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. Gas Card Tool: Web-based Visual Printable Cards of Refrigerant Gases 3. Global CFC-11 emissions back on track 4. NASA-funded network tracks the recent rise and fall of ozone depleting pollutants 5. NASA, LAPAN launch Ozonesonde from Indonesian site for 1st time in 8 years 6. German firm… read more

In this issue:

1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification
2. Illegal CFC emissions have stopped since scientists raised alarm
3. You’ve watched the film, now play the game, and see what you can do to Reset Earth! One Ozone. One Planet. One Chance
4. World leaders set for pivotal environmental assembly
5. Women scientists… read more

In this issue:

1. A tribute to Professor Paul J. Crutzen
2. Kigali Amendment latest ratification
3. Reset earth - One ozone. One planet. One chance
4. Sources of new ozone-damaging HCFCs traced back to origins
5. Susan Solomon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will receive the 2021 National Academy of Sciences (NAS… read more

In this issue: 1. OzoNews is Turning 21! 2. Record-breaking 2020 ozone hole closes 3. NatRef heat pumps to the rescue 4. Embodying the Lifecycle Management of Fluorocarbons: Moving forward with the Initiative on Fluorocarbons Life Cycle Management (IFL) - operationalizing the concept into actions 5. Adiabatic gas coolers seen as key to… read more

In this issue:
1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications
2. Parties to the Montreal Protocol adjust to the COVID pandemic
3. Multilateral Fund’s post-COVID-19 recovery response
4. K. Madhava Sarma & K. Ramalakshmi Montreal Protocol Science Champion Award
5. Africa's clean cooling centre of excellence moves closer to… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Ozone Secretariat, High-Level Segment of COP12(I)/MOP32 - Opening remarks by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme 3. Summary of the Combined Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. OzonAction Virtual Side Events at MOP 32 3. Contingency meeting plans for 2020-2021: update 4. The seasonal ozone hole over Antarctica will remain active well into November 5. Survey Seeks Feedback on NatRef Trends in 2021 6. Call for Green Cooling Project Ideas 7. The Montreal Protocol… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Contingency meeting plans for 2020-2021: update 3. Large ozone hole recorded over Antarctic for 2020, but Montreal Protocol efforts have minimized the damage 4. Operation DEMETER VI thwarts transboundary shipments of illegal waste and ozone depleting substances 5. Linking cooling to… read more

In this issue: 1. A tribute to Professor Mario Molina, our most esteemed champion of ozone layer protection 2. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 3. Contingency meeting plans for 2020-2021: update 4. 2020 Antarctic ozone hole is large and deep 5. The 2018 RTOC assessment report mobile air conditioning (chapter 10) 6. Climate-friendly cooling… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. First International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 29 September 2020 3. Contingency meeting plans for 2020-2021: update 4. Climate-Friendly Cooling Can Slow Global Warming 5. How Montreal Protocol activities contribute to the Paris Agreement 6. Lower-GWP refrigeration & air… read more

Special Issue on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
The World Ozone Day 2020 theme and tagline - OZONE FOR LIFE - 35 YEARS OF OZONE LAYER PROTECTION
On 19 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the… read more

In this issue: 1. Obituary of Mr. Vunga Uikelotu, Principle Ozone Officer and the Head of Ozone Layer Protection Division, Tonga
2. OzonAction Rolls Out Enhanced Informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC) Platform 3. Address major holes in ozone hole treaty to avert stronger climate change and serious health risks, experts warn 4.… read more

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. The unusual 2020 Arctic ozone hole as seen in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring service reanalysis 3. New research underpins the huge climate win of moving to propane-based airconditioning 4. Lower-GWP refrigeration & air conditioning innovation award 5. New call for project… read more