Title: Feed two birds with one scone: Measures on HFC management and Energy Efficiency in the context of climate change

Description: To achieve the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement, HFC emissions reduction plays a crucial role in addition to the full compliance of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. The concept of Refrigerant lifecycle management is gaining importance as one of the climate change mitigation measures. Actions, such as shifting to natural- and low-GWP refrigerants and appropriate recovery, reclamation, and destruction of used refrigerants, should be introduced thoroughly.

From the energy management perspective, continuous energy efficiency improvement is desired. “Future of Cooling” report published by International Energy Agency (IEA) pointed out in 2018 that nearly 20% of the total global electricity used in buildings was accounted for air conditioners and electric fans. It also emphasized the existing high stress on energy system and rising emissions caused by space cooling demand around the world. The recent energy crisis further highlights the need to develop and increase energy efficient equipment. In this regard, advancing the refrigerant lifecycle management contributes to reducing both hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions and energy consumption.

This side event will focus on how these issues, namely, HFC-refrigerant lifecycle management, energy efficiency, and climate change mitigation can be addressed in an integrated manner. Progress and update of practices and programs in developing countries will also be shared to discuss effective ways and means of further actions.

Contact:

Hideo Ikami

hideo.ikami@oecc.or.jp

Title: Creating an Ecosystem for Implementing Lifecycle Refrigerant Management (LRM)

Description: Lifecyle Refrigerant Management (LRM) can prevent billions of tons of CO2 equivalent emissions from reaching the atmosphere by the end of the century. Measures across the lifecycle of refrigerant can prevent the release of a significant portion of the existing and continuously growing refrigerant bank around the world. Developing countries, which have yet to start their HFC phasedown under the Kigali Amendment, have an important opportunity to include refrigerant management practices in their early plans and leverage the benefits, beyond climate. Scaling up refrigerant management practices will provide significant additional flexibility in the HFC phasedown in these countries. This side event will bring together experts across industry, government, and civil society to discuss the challenges and opportunities of LRM in developing countries.
 

Contact:

Prima Madan

pmadan@nrdc.org

Title: Cold Chain Innovation Hub (CCI-Hub) Philippines - Enabling sustainable food cold chain technologies in Southeast Asian Region (SEA)

Description: The side event will present the "Global Partnership for improving the food cold chain in the Philippines project" in its final year and share experience on challenges and opportunities when identifying, developing and stimulating the development of low-carbon, energy efficient refrigeration innovation technologies and business practices for the use throughout the food cold chain whilst increasing food safety and security. 
 

The 4 presentations and Q&A will present and discuss the following 4 main areas:
 

1. Project intro and results and lessons learned of the policy component:
- MEPS for cold storage and DeliverE 2.0 database management tool that links cold chain operators with customers and generates insights on policy development

Speaker: Gilda Garibay, Project Manager

2. Project technology transfer, capacity building, demonstration projects using CO2 and hydrocarbons and increasing energy efficiency, spillover effect in SEA

Speaker: Jan Dusek, Head of Global Partnership, CCI-Hub & COO, ATMOsphere

3. Capacity building and introduction of natural refrigerants in food cold chain - relevant initiatives in the SEA region

Speaker: Philipp Denziger, GIZ, Proklima International

4. Update on global market and policy trends

Speaker: Thomas Trevisan, Deputy Manager for Public Affairs, ATMOsphere

Contact:

Franziska Menten   

F.MENTEN@unido.org