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11.10.2021 News Pointing the blind spot – Alliance to tackle cooling end-of-life emissions in the making
Due to the increasing demand for refrigeration and air conditioning in developing countries, the stock of equipment, foams and products containing F-Gases (CFCs, HCFCs, HFCs) is rising rapidly. This a …
08.10.2021 News All good things come in threes: Third phase of Green Cooling Initiative started
What do an office worker in Thailand, a fisherman in Colombia and a doctor in Kenya have in common? What sounds like a riddle, has a serious background: They all depend on cooling - whether it be in t …
08.10.2021 News Proklima – Promoting Green Cooling since 1995
The demand for cooling has been increasing for decades. According to estimates, 10 new air conditioning units will be sold every second over the next 30 years [1] and around 10 percent of the world's …
30.09.2021 News Ozone Day 2021: Celebrating Green Cooling around the world
When scientists in the mid-1970s showed that stratospheric ozone was depleted and the so-called “ozone hole” was discovered, the world listened. A debate within the scientific community has been broug …
16.09.2021 News Official launch of the ROCA project in Burkina Faso on World Ozone Day
In Burkina Faso, World Ozone Day was celebrated with good news: The GIZ project " Refroidissement respectueux de l'Ozone et du Climat en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (ROCA) " (corresponding English …
16.09.2021 News China: Two celebrations in one on World Ozone Day 2021
Zhao Yingmin stressed that the implementation of the Kigali Amendment will play an important role in addressing climate change. Since the Kigali Amendment became effective in China from 15 September 2 …
16.09.2021 News Western Cape celebrates World Ozone Day with a technical workshop
The Western Cape Government (WCG), together with the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, the Bavarian Environment Agency and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für International …
16.09.2021 News Egypt celebrates World Ozone Day 2021
Egypt celebrated World Ozone Day 2021 in the presence of Dr Ali Abo Sena, CEO of the Environmental Affairs Agency and affiliates of the National Ozone Committee. The day focused on various environment …
16.09.2021 News Iran keeps it virtually cool on World Ozone Day 2021
A total of about 45 people from all over the country participated, including ozone cells, trainers from the Technical Vocational Training Centre, the Ministry of Environment and colleagues from the NO …
16.09.2021 News Ozone- and climate-friendly medical refrigerator donated to Kenyan hospital
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry in collaboration with GIZ, and Isiolo County identified Isiolo referral hospital in Isiolo town, as the beneficiary of the donation of an ozone and climate-fri …