Noticias

On 16 September, China celebrated twice: The World Ozone Day 2021 celebration and the 30th anniversary of China joining the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer took place in Beijing. Mr Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, attended and gave a speech.

The workshop addressed safety while planning, operating and maintaining systems with hydrocarbon refrigerants

Attending the ceremony were representatives of the National Ozone Unit and the Environmental Protection Agency

As last year, the commemoration of this year's National Ozone Day was held virtually in Iran due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The online ceremony was organized by the National Ozone Unit of Iran.

Globally, Ozone Day is marked every September 16 and this year Isiolo County hosted the event in Kenya.

As a regular part of the World Ozone Day celebrations in the Philippines, the Technical Forum on the Promotion of Alternative Substances and Natural Refrigerants for Ozone Layer and Climate Protection was held virtually on 13 September 2021, organised by the Philippine Ozone Desk (NOU).
 

8,000 tonnes CO₂ – equivalent to the amount of carbon sequestered by more than 100,000 trees over ten years – could be saved, a new Proklima study from Bangladesh suggests. The energy savings potential lurking in public buildings is enormous.

Monika Witt is an enthusiastic advocate of natural refrigerants, not least in her role as Managing Director of a long-established German refrigeration company and board member of eurammon. We spoke to her about her motivation, her role in the family-run business and why we need a reality-check for safety regulations.

How are the European Union and BMZ supporting countries in ODS phase-out and early actions on HFCs? And how big is the potential of the global window type AC market for natural refrigerants?