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19.04.2024 Noticias Grenada’s National Climate Change Committee embraces plans for a sustainable transformation of the RAC sector
Grenada underscored its commitment for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting energy efficiency in the cooling sector with the successful convening of a stakeholder workshop on its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector.
10.03.2024 Noticias Brazil takes an important step towards implementing the Kigali Amendment
GIZ Proklima participates in a meeting with representatives from the government and Montreal Protocol implementing agencies to kick-off the Kigali Amendment implementation in Brazil.
08.03.2024 Noticias Advancing Gender Mainstreaming in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector: Sharing Best Practices from Grenada
The global project Cool Contribution fighting Climate Change II (C4 II) presented best practices in gender mainstreaming in the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector in Grenada at the “Regional Workshop for Women in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning”, which was held back-to-back with the “Thematic Network Meeting of the National Ozone Officers (NOOs) from the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti” from 13 to 14 November 2023 in Trinidad.
04.03.2024 Noticias Cool Talks: “The use of natural refrigerants is the most suitable alternative for achieving long-term sustainability”
For this Cool Talk, we had the opportunity to interview Magna Luduvice, Environmental Analyst with 13 years of experience as Head of the National Ozone Unit (NOU) at the Brazilian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA). She played a key leadership role in the actions under the Montreal Protocol in Brazil, including the HPMP Project, which represented a direct impact in the ozone layer preservation.
30.01.2024 Noticias A Cool Collaboration on Carbon Dioxide as R744 Refrigerant
In November 2023, a training of trainers was organised jointly by C4II (Cool Contributions Fighting Climate Change) and the Food Cold Chain (FCC) project implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The trainers were trained on the Operation, Servicing and Maintenance of R744 Carbon Dioxide as low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for Industrial Refrigeration from 20-24 November 2024 at Cold Chain Innovation Hub or CCI-Hub at the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Taguig City, Philippines.
30.01.2024 Noticias Cooling NDCs needed? The NDC Helpdesk provides expert guidance
Do you need support in designing, implementing, or updating your Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) with ambitious targets and mitigation measures in the cooling sector? The newly established NDC helpdesk for the cooling sector is here to support you.
23.01.2024 Noticias COP28: Recap and Highlights
The Montreal Protocol Pavilion at COP28 showcased the Montreal Protocol's achievements in climate protection. GIZ Proklima participated as one of 16 partners, aiming to advance Green Cooling. For the first time, the pavilion provided a platform for the Montreal Protocol and the cooling community to promote climate action. The Ozone to Cool Zone pavilion aimed to spread awareness, scale efforts, and unlock innovation for solutions to minimize the cooling sector's negative climate impacts, advance sustainability goals, and unlock more effective solutions. All materials of the side-events can be found here.
18.01.2024 Noticias Cool Talks: "From the beginning we decided to only work with natural refrigerants"
For this Cool Talk, we have had the opportunity to interview Kim Christensen,
Founder and CEO of Fenagy. Kim is a mechanical engineer; throughout his career he has been working with many different types of refrigerants. He has been part of the refrigeration industry since his first job in 1994 at the Danish Institute of Technology, who was the forerunner on natural refrigerants in the late '80s and the early '90s.11.01.2024 Noticias Regional NOU Officers Negotiation Training held in Nairobi
The Green Cooling Initiative and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Kenya organized a two-day regional negotiation training on strengthening negotiation skills for the international context for the National Ozone Officers of GCI partner countries in October 2023 in Nairobi.
11.01.2024 Noticias Training of Trainers in Colombia: Setting an enabling environment for R290 introduction in air conditioning
In two sessions held in August and September 2023, 32 SENA trainers from the whole country participated in a training for the safe handling of inflammable refrigerants in AC equipment. This promotes the use of devices with ultra-low GWP and high efficiency, such as those with natural refrigerants. The trainings are part of the GCI III project, implemented by Proklima.