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Green Cooling Initiative

Green Cooling for a warming world

Cooling is a basic need – from refrigerated food and vaccines to better living conditions in hot climates. But Green Cooling is the only truly sustainable option to protect the climate and ensure the well-being of people at the same time.

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31.07.2024 , News : Training of trainers on Eco-friendly refrigerants in Bangladesh

With global temperatures rising, urbanization progressing, and economies growing, the demand for cooling solutions is increasing rapidly. Unfortunately, many of the current refrigerants harm the…

  • 10.10.2024 , News : World Ozone Day in Burkina Faso

    On the occasion of the 37th commemoration of World Ozone Protection Day, the Ozone and Climate Friendly Cooling in West and Central Africa (ROCA) project officially handed over cooling materials and equipment to the Ouagadougou refrigerated abattoir on Friday, September 20, 2024.  

  • 08.10.2024 , News : World Ozone Day 2024: Advancing Climate Action

    16 September, that's when the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is being celebrated. This year's topic - Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action. To mark the occasion, we celebrated the successes achieved so far in efforts to protect the ozone layer with various…

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Energy Efficiency Tool

Compare the running costs, the energy consumption and the emissions of domestic refrigerators or air conditioners.

NDC Supporting Tools and Publications

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Have a look at our NDC supporting tools where you can find answers to your questions about the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) sector and its impact on climate change, as well as its implementation within the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. 

Green Cooling Library

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Network members

Campaigning for HFC phase-out The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is an independent non-governmental campaigning organisation committed to bringing about change to protect the natural world from environmental crime and abuse.
Member Umweltbundesamt
ACAIRE is a Colombian association of HVAC&R
DIGECA is an instance of the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
The Climate Change Directorate is a department of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Kenya.
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