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13.02.2023 News Ad-hoc Working Group Meeting of CooPSA in South Africa
On the 31st of January 2023 representatives of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) met to discuss for the first time with GIZ and GFA Consulting Group the status quo and way forward of the Cooling Program for Southern Africa (CooPSA).
20.12.2022 News Brazing as a valuable skill in controlling leakages from refrigeration and air conditioning appliances
The Green Cooling Initiative is currently organizing a series of trainings in Kenya with a focus on brazing for appliances using natural refrigerants such as R290. This will enable technicians in Kenya to improve their knowledge and experience of brazing and how to deal with the natural refrigerant R290, therefore leading to less direct emissions.
20.12.2022 News Mabuhay Green Cooling !
Between the 21st and the 25th of November 2022, several workshops and meetings were held in the Philippines to launch the second phase of the Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change (C4 II) project.
16.12.2022 News ROCA Project Launch in Cameroon
ROCA promotes Green Cooling in Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mali in Senegal. It's official launch in Cameroon took place in September, with a speech by the Minister for the Environment and a workshop with relevant stakeholders.
14.12.2022 News French Cool Training 2022
"Cool Training teaches us how to protect the environment", said Amadou Traore from Mali. Get here some more insights about the training that took place from 24 October to 4 November in Maintal, Germany.
14.12.2022 News Negotation Skills Training in the LAC Region
In November and December we successfully hosted a virtual training on concepts and techniques for multilateral negotiations, aimed at Spanish-speaking Ozone Units and representatives of national ministries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
01.12.2022 News English Cool Training 2022 - photos and quotes
“What we have learnt here is enormous”, said Allan Mitchel, a refrigeration technician from Grenada. Get some impressions from the Cool Training that took place at the Bundesfachschule Kälte-Klima-Technik (BFS) in Maintal, Germany from the 4th to the 14th of October 2022.
11.11.2022 News MOP34 Side Event: Shedding light on a blind spot through the Climate and Ozone Protection Alliance
Leveraging the vast emissions reduction potential of correct disposal of ODS and HFC banks.
09.11.2022 News MOP34 Side Event: Methodologies and Services for RAC sector integration into NDCs
Considering the importance and significant mitigation potential of the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector for more ambitious and enhanced NDCs, this side event provided guidance on how to appropriately cover the cooling sector in a NDC. Furthermore, it addressed the question how the ambition of cooling sector targets can be increased once the NDC is updated.
03.11.2022 News Registration: COPA side event at COP27