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28.05.2024 News Making Use of Natural Refrigerants to Phase Down of Climate-Damaging Refrigerants (HFCS) in Vietnam
In September 2019, Vietnam ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, committing to phasing down HFCs by 80% by 2045, starting in 2024. To support Vietnam in this transition of promoting the use of natural refrigerants and energy efficiency, the Green Cooling Initiative (GCI) III project has implemented different interventions centered around three main areas: policy advise, technology transfer and capacity building. GCI III is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) under the International Climate Initiative (IKI).
24.05.2024 News Online Cool Training: now available in Portuguese and Arabic!
Do you want to learn the basics of refrigeration? Do you want to deep dive into the characteristics of natural refrigerants? Join our successful online Cool Training on www.atingi.org in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish!
13.05.2024 News Now also available in Spanish: Raising ambition in NDCs through holistic mitigation approaches in the cooling sector - Guidance for policymakers
As countries strive towards mitigating climate change, more than half of the countries that developed an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) have recognised the relevance of the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector and included hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the scope of gases covered. However, most NDCs lack concrete actions and implementation strategies for the RAC sector.
10.05.2024 News Burkina Faso: 11000 people immunized thanks to climate-friendly refrigerators
The ROCA project donated climate-friendly vaccine refrigerators to ten health-care centres in Burkina Faso.
06.05.2024 News From Zero Interest to Net Zero: Retail Banking for Energy Efficiency, Philippines
A training workshop in the Philippines offered the opportunity to find solustions to create more incentives for consumers to invest in energy efficient and climate-friendly appliances. Like this the cooling sector in the country should be able to fulfil its crimate targets.
30.04.2024 News Senegal: Trainings in Green Cooling
Assane Thiam and Fatikha Ba, along with 98 other refrigeration and air conditioning professionals, have successfully completed a training course focusing on the use of natural refrigerants, which are less harmful to the environment and more energy-efficient.
29.04.2024 News NDC4 Webinar Series Shares Tools, Methods and Best Practices for Integrating the Cooling Sector into NDCs
As part of the global project Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change II (C4 II), a series of webinars has been initiated to address a critical aspect of climate action: integrating the cooling sector into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The sessions serve as a platform to disseminate tools, methods and best practice examples to incorporate cooling strategies into the national climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, highlighting the pivotal role of the cooling sector in achieving these targets.
26.04.2024 News Grenada Steps Closer Towards the Establishment of a Product Registration System for Cooling Equipment
Grenada solidified its commitment for a market transformation to energy efficient and climate friendly cooling solutions with the successful hosting of a workshop on the establishment of a Product Registration System for Cooling Equipment.
19.04.2024 News 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.
27.03.2024 News Cool Talks: “refrigeration is my passion”
For this Cool Talk, we had the opportunity to interview Sokhna Fall. She is a cooling technician, trainer, entrepreneur and consultant from Senegal, and founded the national association for women in refrigeration. Sokhna talks about her career, the challenges she faced, and why she never gave up.