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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.
19.03.2024 News Mali: Trainings in Green Cooling
More than just training: Mali's refrigeration technicians are committed to combating the climate crisis and protecting the environment.
13.03.2024 News Mali: Workshop on the Analysis of the Cooling Sector's Regulatory Framework
Cooling sector stakeholders discussed the results of the study on the analysis of the regulatory framework for the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector in Mali. The aim is to create a room for exchange, enabling the best contributions to be collected with a view to improving the regulatory framework for the refrigeration and air conditioning sector in Mali.
10.03.2024 News Brazil takes an important step towards implementing the Kigali Amendment
GIZ Proklima participates in a meeting with representatives from the government and Montreal Protocol implementing agencies to kick-off the Kigali Amendment implementation in Brazil.
08.03.2024 News Advancing Gender Mainstreaming in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector: Sharing Best Practices from Grenada
The global project Cool Contribution fighting Climate Change II (C4 II) presented best practices in gender mainstreaming in the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) sector in Grenada at the “Regional Workshop for Women in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning”, which was held back-to-back with the “Thematic Network Meeting of the National Ozone Officers (NOOs) from the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti” from 13 to 14 November 2023 in Trinidad.
04.03.2024 News Cool Talks: “The use of natural refrigerants is the most suitable alternative for achieving long-term sustainability”
For this Cool Talk, we had the opportunity to interview Magna Luduvice, Environmental Analyst with 13 years of experience as Head of the National Ozone Unit (NOU) at the Brazilian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA). She played a key leadership role in the actions under the Montreal Protocol in Brazil, including the HPMP Project, which represented a direct impact in the ozone layer preservation.