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COP28 Side Event: The Climate and Ozone Protection Alliance - Management of Banks of Ozone Depleting Substances and Hydrofluorocarbon Banks

Event - COP , 01 December 2023, 11:15am - 12:15pm UTC

On site:
Blue Zone of the COP28 venue in Dubai:
Montreal Protocol Pavilion "Ozone to Cool Zone"

Online livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1r-j96Tkx4

Please note that the time is given in UTC.
The respective time in Dubai, UAE, is 15:15-16:15!


The global demand for refrigeration and air conditioning continues to grow and with that the stock of appliances, foams and products containing substances with a high global warming potential. The focus of the side event is to highlight the potential of managing ODS and HFC banks.
 

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The global demand for refrigeration and air conditioning continues to grow and with that the stock of appliances, foams and products containing substances with a high global warming potential. Some of them even contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer. These so-called banks of Ozon Depleting Substances (ODS) and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are not being managed or disposed in an environmentally sound manner and emit substances equivalent to approximately 1.5 Gt CO2 each year. 

Currently, there are no global agreements in place to address the challenge of accumulating ODS and HFC banks in old cooling equipment. As a result, this specific emission reduction potential has remained largely untapped up to now: The newly launched Climate and Ozone Protection Alliance (COPA) brings together all relevant actors to jointly work on urgently needed solutions for ODS and HFC banks. COPA will support member countries and partners in exploiting GHG emission reduction potential in ODS and HFC banks management, thereby making a significant contribution to achieving partner countries’ mitigation and nationally determined contributions (NDCs) targets and contributing to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to below 1.5°C increase. 

 

The focus of the side event is to highlight the potential of managing ODS and HFC banks.

Location

On site:

Blue Zone of the COP28 venue in Dubai:

Montreal Protocol Pavilion "Ozone to Cool Zone"

 

Online livestream:

www.youtube.com/watch

Date / Duration
01 December 2023, 11:15am - 12:15pm UTC

Agenda

Introduction

Rachel Wilke, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
COPA – Together for Sustainable Refrigerant ManagementEllen Michel, GIZ Proklima
Pilot projects and a new funding windowSonja Wagner, UNEP OzonAction
China: A country experienceMs. Guo Xiaolin, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) of the Ministry of Environmental Protection China 
United Arab Emirates: insights from the private sectorEnviroServe 

Q & A

Everyone

Conclusion and Closing Remarks

Ellen Michel, GIZ Proklima