BeyondHFCs organising a side-event at the Montreal Protocol meeting in Geneva next week
[ added 11 June, 2010 ]
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BeyondHFCs will participate in the 30th Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Geneva and use the occasion to present the campaign's progress as well as the campaign's position on the progress report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel.
From 14 to 18 June 2010, Geneva will host the 30th Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The meeting will kick-off on Monday with a seminar on mobilising funds for the sound management of banks of ozone-depleting substances, organised by the Ozone Secretariat in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
The Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol will deliberate on the issue of banks of ozone-depleting substances, options for mobilising available funds to destroy ozone-depleting substances and activities that are currently undertaken in this vein. At the core of the meeting will be the discussion of the 2010 progress report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP), with experts from the Panel giving a presentation on the size and scope of ozone-depleting substances.
Side-events highlighting natural refrigerants
A number of side-events will give stakeholders the opportunity to present their activities in this field and draw attention to aspects that they feel in need to be highlighted.
BeyondHFCs is organising a morning session on Wednesday from 8 to 10 am. The core topic will be the call for an HFC phase-out under the Montreal Protocol and a presentation of available technologies using namely the natural refrigerants R744 (CO2), hydrocarbons and ammonia, that make the use of f-gases dispensable.
BeyondHFCs will also use the opportunity to address some omissions and inaccuracies of the TEAP report, pointing out the potential of moving away from HFCs and next-generation HFCs by opting for natural refrigerant technologies that are market-ready, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
Equally on Wednesday, from 1 to 3 pm, the German GTZ Proklima is presenting new SolarChill models, developed in cooperation with PalFridge, local manufacturer of refrigeration equipment in Swaziland. The main objective of the SolarChill Project is to help deliver vaccines and refrigeration to the rural poor. The project activity is funded by the German Environment Ministry within the International Climate Initiative and implemented by GTZ-Proklima. All SolarChill models operate with climate-friendly hydrocarbon refrigerants.
