15 March 2010
Special Announcement / "Road to
Climate Friendly Chillers: Moving Beyond
CFCs and HCFCs"
UNEP and ASHRAE are sponsoring a conference
titled "Road to Climate Friendly
Chillers: Moving Beyond CFCs and HCFCs"
September 30-October 1, 2010 in Cairo,
Egypt. The main objective of the conference
is to enhance the practical knowledge
on state-of-the-art alternative refrigerants
and communicate achieved results, successes
and lessons learned. Read
more...
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In this issue:
1- Four Fast-action Strategies to Tackle
Abrupt Climate Change
2- Reaching to the Skies for Earth Science
3- Environmental Specialists Discuss O-Zone
Depletion
4- Stakeholders Receive $20M Refrigeration
Equipment Boost from Agriculture Ministry
- in keeping with Terminal Phase Out Management
Plan (Guyana)
5- Canadian Development Funds Finance
Conversion to Ammonia
6- Make Sure Car Aircon is CFC-12 (Freon)
Free
7- Middle East - DuPont Expresses Anger
over Counterfeit R22 and R134a Refrigerants
8- Climatisation Automobile (France)
9- British Energy Successfully Replaces
R22 with RS-45 (R434A) in Flooded Chiller
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GLOBAL
1- Four Fast-action Strategies to Tackle
Abrupt Climate Change
SOURCE: The Washington Post, 9 March
2010,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/09/AR2010030901113.html
LATIN
AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
3- Environmental Specialists Discuss O-Zone
Depletion
SOURCE: 7 News, By Jim McFadzean,
Reporting for Seven News, Belize, 2 March
2010, http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=16370
4- Stakeholders Receive $20M Refrigeration
Equipment Boost from Agriculture Ministry
- in keeping with Terminal Phase Out Management
Plan (Guyana)
SOURCE: Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana,
March 2010 Bulletin,
http://www.agriculture.gov.gy/Bulletins/March%202010/Stakeholders%20receive%2020M%20refrigeration%
20equipment%20boost%20from%20Agri.%20Ministry.html
NORTH
AMERICA
5- Canadian Development Funds Finance
Conversion to Ammonia
SOURCE: ammonia21.com, 23 February
2010,
http://www.ammonia21.com/content/articles/2010-02-23-canadian-development-funds-finance-conversion-to-ammonia-.php
SOUTH
ASIA
6- Make Sure Car Aircon is CFC-12 (Freon)
Free
SOURCE: Philippine Daily Inquirer,
23 February 2010, By: Alvin Uy,
http://business.inquirer.net/money/features/view/20100223-255004/Make-sure-car-aircon-is-CFC-12-Freon-free
WEST
ASIA
7- Middle East - DuPont Expresses Anger
over Counterfeit R22 and R134a Refrigerants.
SOURCE: IIR/IIF https://www.iifiir.org/en/news.php?rub=5&nl=40&id=2019#5
Quoting http://www.ACR-news.com
EUROPE
8- Climatisation Automobile (France)
Réglementation sur les fluides
frigorigènes : lancement d'une
campagne de contrôles
Le ministère de l'Environnement
a récemment publié une circulaire
pour fixer les cibles principales de sa
très prochaine campagne de contrôles
de la règlementation.
SOURCE : l'Alliance Froid Climatisation
Environnement (AFCE), Press Release, 1
March 2010, www.afce.asso.fr
9- British Energy Successfully Replaces
R22 with RS-45 (R434A) in Flooded Chiller
SOURCE: A-Gas (UK) Limited, 08 February
2010, http://praguemonitor.com/2010/02/01/czech-scientists-measure-ozone-antarctica
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FEATURED
LATEST FROM OZONACTION
>> "JumpStart HCFC Phase-Out
for Ozone and Climate Benefit" a
New Information Update Provided by UNEP
DTIE OzonAction.
--- The Montreal Protocol has, in the
past, already bought the world the equivalent
of decades-worth of CO2 emissions. In
the future, the world has a convenient
opportunity to address an inconvenient
truth. Dramatically cutting HCFCs emissions
-nearly 2000 times more potent Greenhouse
Gases (GHGs) than CO2,-and improving the
energy efficiency of air-conditioning
and refrigeration appliances that use
them is "... the key to catalyzing
a transition to a low carbon, resource
efficient Green Economy" according
to Achim Steiner, United Nations under
Secretary General and Executive Director
of UNEP.
While the opportunity to achieve climate
benefit appears to be a "low hanging
fruit", the "JumpStart"
to pick those fruits poses a significant
challenge as most HFCs, which are popular
alternatives for HCFCs are also potent
GHGs. The EU has adopted a regulatory
framework aimed at reducing emissions
of HFCs. "This policy is widely acknowledged
as a global model that leads to more responsible
management of the substances..."
according to Marianne Wenning, Head of
Unit ENV C.4 of the European Commission.
This information and knowledge-exchange
is just one of the tools of responsible
management of Ozone Depleting Substances
with the objective to achieve "low
hanging" climate benefit.
Rajendra Shende, Head, OzonAction,
UNEP DTIE
---
Visit the HCFC Help Centre @ http://www.unep.fr/ozonAction/topics/hcfc.asp
Read/Download JumpStart, Vol. 1, no.
1, http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/topics/Newsletter1.pdf
If you wish to subscribe, submit articles,
invite new subscribers, please send an
email to: samira.degobert@unep.org
EVENTs
>> 60th Meeting of the Executive
Committee
The 60th Meeting of the Executive Committee
will be held in Montreal (Canada) from
12-15 April 2010. Participants may wish
to consult the information
note regarding details of meeting
logistics. UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/60/1, Provisional
agenda, Ar
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>> Indicative list of UNEP Ozone
Secretariat meetings for 2010 http://ozone.unep.org/Events/meetings2010.shtml
>> Indicative list of TEAP/Technical
Options Committee meetings for 2010
http://ozone.unep.org/Events/Indicative_List_TEAP_TOCs_Meetings-2010.shtml
PUBLICATIONs/READING
>> Utilisation de HCFC pour la marine
// HCFC for ship servicing and export
to ships as of 2010 - Frequently asked
questions
La commission Européenne a publié
récemment un FAQ sur les possibilités
des opérateurs de faire de la maintenance
d'équipements frigorifiques fonctionnant
aux HCFC sur des bateaux de pavillon Européen
ou non Européen. Cette FAQ fait
suite au nouveau règlement 1005-2009
CE sur les substances qui détruisent
la couche d'ozone. La FAQ a été
établie en langue anglaise par
la commission et l'AFCE la reproduit tel
quel, partant du principe que les sociétés
de maintenance de bateaux utilisent cette
langue couramment. (http://www.afce.asso.fr/images/stories/pdf/faq_ships_servicing.pdf)
SOURCE : AFCE, 24 Février
2010,
http://www.afce.asso.fr/images/stories/pdf/faq_ships_servicing.pdf
OzoNews
provides links to current online news stories relating to ozone
depletion and the implementation of the Montreal Protocol, to stimulate
discussion and promote cooperation in support of compliance with
the Montreal Protocol (
