Organizers:    shecco

Description:    ATMOsphere network Bangkok will showcase the availability, efficiency, safety of natural refrigerant solutions (CO2, NH3, hydrocarbons, air or water) in developed and developing countries.         

For more information, please contact:
Klara Skacanova
Tel:      +32 2 230 3700
Email:              klara.skacanova@shecco.com

Organizers: Natural Resources Defense Council Description: Pathways to an Indian phase-down, and discussion on research on long-term HFC emissions in India. For more information, please contact: Bhaskar Deol Tel: +91 958 222 9399 Email: bdeol@nrdc.org

Organizers: GIZ Proklima
Description: In the context of international climate change negotiations, nationally appropriate mitigation actions(NAMA) are considered to be voluntary climate protection measures taken by developing countries and emerging economies, which are embedded within their plans for national development. For about the decades, the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol has successfully supported technology partnerships and reforms in the refrigeration, air-conditioning and foam sectors (RAC&F). Within possible support through NAMAs the RAC&F sectors can additionally profit from international and national assistance. The GIZ has developed methods and guidelines for NAMAs in the RAC& F sectors and successfully applied them in Thailand, where a sector transformation project was recently selected for funding under the NAMA Facility. Within this side event the GIZ will present methods on NAMA project development in the RAC&F sector, which will be illustrated by recent examples from Thailand and Latin America.
For more information, please contact:
Marion Geiss
Tel: + 49 171 3370690
Email: marion.geiss@giz.de

Organizers: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM ) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ESRL (NOAA) Description: Chair: Dr. David Fahey (NOAA/ESRL) Speaker: Dr. Guus Velders (RIVM) Authors: Dr. Guus Velders, Dr. David Fahey, Dr. John Daniel, Dr. Stephen Andersen, Dr. Mack McFarland New business-as-usual scenarios of the use and emissions of HFCs to 2050 will be presented by sector for all major economies and regions in the world individually. The effects on climate change of (proposed) HFC phase-down schedules and national regulations will be discussed. For more information, please contact: Dr. Guus Velders Tel: +31-30-2742331 Email: guus.velders@rivm.nl

Organizers:    IGSD & TERRE Policy Centre

Description:    Co-Sponsored by the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD)-USA and the TERRE Policy Centre (TERRE)-India This side event will highlight the basic tenets of the international environmental negotiations and provide a framework on how the Montreal Protocol Amendment can be crafted to ‘Start & Strengthen’ HFC phasedown for the safe guarding the ozone layer and climate system. The presentations will focus on how to access and finance next-generation technology, and how to ensure necessary flexibility for continuing essential uses and service of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, particularly for developing countries with high ambient temperature Experts will make a brief presentation on how the HFC Amendment can be designed for effective and inclusive implementation and taking into account common but differentiated responsibility. Questions and answers will follow.          

For more information, please contact:
Katie Fletcher
Tel:      +1 202 338 1300
Email:              kfletcher@igsd.org