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11/2025 PublicationMOP37 Side Event Recap: 30 Years of Promoting Natural Refrigerants

Visions and Lessons Learnt by the German Bilateral Cooperation
In this side event, we explained our approach and showcased examples of technology transfers in different refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) subsectors around the globe, drawing on 30 years of Proklima’s experience. To discuss this we were joined by guest speakers Heidi Stockhaus (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety), Leslie Smith (NOU Grenada) and Federico San Martini (MLF Secretariat). 

07/2021 Publication - Event RecordingEvent recording: Lessons learned and bright prospects - Green Cooling projects in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa

In this virtual side-event at the 43^rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG), we talked about two projects co-financed by the European Union and BMZ. 

07/2021 Publication - Event RecordingEvent recording: Left out in the cold - the Green Cooling potential of the global window type air conditioner market

In this virtual side-event at the 43^rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG), we talked about the global window type air conditioner market and its Green Cooling potential. 

10/2021 Publication - Event RecordingEvent recording | MOP33 side event: How to Integrate the RAC Sector into the NDCs?

GIZ Proklima Side Event during MOP33 2021

10/2021 Publication - Event RecordingEvent recording | MOP33 side event: How to Incentivize the HFC Phase-Down?

GIZ Proklima Side Event during MOP33 2021

12/2020 Publication - Event RecordingEvent Recording: Green Cooling in Public Procurement

Assessing ways to advance the procurement of climate-friendly and energy-efficient ACs.

05/2024 Publication - Technical PublicationGreen Refrigeration and Air Conditioning in the Hotel Sector

This publication informs the hotel industry about environmentally, climate and ozone friendly technologies for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) devices. Most of the green alternatives presented here are already available in several countries. By “green” technology, it is referred to devices or appliances that have zero impact on the ozone layer, ultra-low or zero Global Warming Potential (GWP below 10) and are also highly energy efficient.

08/2025 PublicationCooling the Climate: 10 Years of C4 and the Road Ahead

The C4 project (Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change), funded by Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) and implemented by GIZ Proklima comes to an end and we look back at ten years of impact. It shifted cooling from a policy blind spot to a recognized climate solution – helping countries to measure, plan, and finance climate-friendly cooling.

07/2020 Publication - Event RecordingEvent recording: How to successfully combine ODS phase-out and early actions on HFC?

Ex­pe­ri­ences from La­tin-Ame­ri­ca and the Car­ri­be­an within the SPODS project were presented during this virtual OEWG42 side event.