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01.12.2017 News Side event at COP23: How sustainable cooling can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals

At the COP23 in Bonn in October, GIZ Proklima of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) successfully held a side event on the potential of sustainable cooling in supporting the International Climate Agenda. Over 40 participants attended the event, during which the significance of the Kigali Amendment for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement was discussed.

01.10.2017 News Workshop on the manual dismantling of refrigerators and air conditioners in Bogotá

30 experts in the field of waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) participated in a GIZ workshop on the manual dismantling of RAC appliances, which took place as part of the "1st International Congress for the Integral Management of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and its Contribution to Climate Stability in Colombia".

01.10.2017 News Kigali Amendment: How to assess climate benefits of energy efficiency?

The second GIZ side event during the OEWG in Bangkok focused on how to assess the climate benefits of energy efficiency. The side event with over 40 different stakeholders introduced different methodological approaches as well as practical examples from the perspective of RAC appliance manufacturers.

01.10.2017 News GHG-inventories in the RAC&F sectors – opportunities and challenges for accelerated climate action

During the 39th Meeting of the OEWG to the Montreal Protocol, policy makers from developing countries gathered to learn more about greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories in the RAC & foam sectors (RAC&F). The side event outlined the respective inventory methodology and the various co-benefits of such an inventory beyond determining the sector's GHG emissions.

01.10.2017 News Data update on Green Cooling Initiative Website: time series now until 2050

The GCI has updated its emissions data projections. Global predictions of individual countries' RAC emissions now include data until 2050, and reflect emerging trends in technology choices. Data can be accessed at here.

01.10.2017 News GCI presents case study at ATMOsphere Europe in Berlin

In the course of the ATMOsphere Europe - a series of global events that bring together political, industrial as well as private stakeholders promoting natural refrigerants - the GCI presented a case study on the needs to develop international safety standards for hydrocarbon (HC) refrigerants in commercial refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) appliances.

01.10.2017 News Successful Green Cooling Week 2017 in Berlin

From September 25th to 29th about 40 participants from 17 different countries met at the Green Cooling Week 2017 in Berlin organised by the Green Cooling Initiative (GCI) in order to find out about the latest environmentally friendly cooling technologies and to jointly develop new ways of using, disseminating and promoting sustainable Green Cooling worldwide.

01.07.2017 News Sri Lankan Delegation in Frankfurt

01.07.2017 News The Green Cooling Initiative contributes to U4E policy guidebooks

The United Nations Sustainable Energy for All initiative has identified energy-efficient appliances as a "high-impact opportunity". They have the potential to reduce countries' greenhouse gas emissions, generate economic benefits, enhance energy security and improve people's wellbeing. Amongst a five-part series of United for Efficiency (U4E) reports, the Green Cooling Initiative (GCI) contributed to two guidelines on energy-efficient & climate-friendly refrigerators and air conditioners.

01.07.2017 News Successful launch of first South African thermal test chamber

On May 23rd, the first African test chamber for refrigerated vehicles was officially inaugurated in Pretoria. The test chamber enables manufacturers to test their cooling units and increase their efficiency, hereby mitigating the high levels of emissions from the transport refrigeration sector.