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Pro­kli­ma – In­te­gra­ted Cli­ma­te and Ozone Pro­tec­tion

For more than 25 years, Proklima has been promoting integrated ozone and climate protection in the cooling sector worldwide, focusing on the use of natural refrigerants and foam blowing agents.

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Proklima advises the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Policy advice, capacity building, awareness raising, and knowledge transfer are in the centre of Proklima’s activities. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the project supports the German government in all bilateral and multilateral processes related to the Montreal Protocol.

Proklima supports the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through technical and policy advice and participates in meetings and conferences of the Montreal Protocol such as the Meeting of the Parties (MOP), the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) and ExCom. Through publications and events, it informs both the professional audience and the general public about latest developments on sustainable cooling and future-friendly natural refrigerants. One of its lighthouse activities is the "Cool Training" course about the save handling of natural refrigerants for trainers, technicians and policy makers from around the world. It is offered several times a year in cooperation with the professional training institute Bundesfachschule Kälte-Klima-Technik (BFS) in Germany.

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Image: giz / Andreas Döring
Laura Casas Morán, participant of a Cool Training in 2022: "We learnt a lot about natural refrigerants. This is really important, because in my country we still need a change in mindsets."
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OEWG Bangkok 2022
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OEWG Bangkok 2022
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MOP Montreal 2022
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OEWG Bangkok 2022
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OEWG Bangkok 2022
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OEWG Bangkok 2022

La­test News

Event re­cor­ding: In­ter­ac­tions bet­ween the Ki­ga­li Amend­ment and the Pa­ris Agree­ment

11/2020 , Publication - Video :

Learn more about possible interactions between the Paris Agreement and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, with a focus on hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) mitigation activities and the transition to Green Cooling.

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Many countries are not only in the process of ratifying the Kigali Amendment (KA) and tackling early actions on HFC phase-down. They are also in the process of updating their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement (PA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). However, the first round of NDCs in 2015 evidenced that many countries did not take into account the mitigation potential of the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector.

This online event presents possible interactions between the Paris Agreement and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, with a focus on HFC mitigation activities and the transition to Green Cooling. Experts discuss how pilot activities can be conceptualised in this regard. Different aspects and key approaches to harness synergies between the two regimes are analysed using concrete country cases as examples.

The online event was held during the (virtual) 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.

Agen­da

Welcome RemarksDr. Claudia Hiepe, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) 
International carbon market mechanisms and Kigali amendment phase down paths – harnessing synergies and developing robust baselines

Axel Michaelowa, Senior Founding Partner, Perspectives

Experiences from KenyaMarindany Kirui, NOU, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Michael Ochieng Okumu, Climate Change Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Forestry (tbc)
Questions and AnswersAll
ClosingPhilipp Munzinger, GIZ Proklima

Facilitator: Janna Breitfeld and Julia Schabel, GIZ Proklima

Organiser: GIZ Proklima on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window).

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