Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties

Description: This side event will discuss practical implementation of life-cycle refrigerant management (LRM), including inventories of controlled substances and action plans, recovery, recycling, reclamation, environmentally sound disposal, and transboundary movements of controlled substances and related equipment. The event will serve to launch a new Practical Guide on transboundary movements of Montreal Protocol controlled substances and related equipment developed by the Basel Convention Secretariat, Ozone Secretariat and the UNEP OzonAction highlighting opportunities for cooperation between the Montreal Protocol and the Basel Convention in support of sustainable end-of-life management as well as other aspects of LRM.

Organizer(s):

Tatiana Terekhova

tatiana.terekhova@un.org

Marylene Beau

marylene.beau@un.org

Pablo Moscoso

pablo.moscosodelacuba@un.org

Nafissa Elsouri

N.ELSOURI@unido.org

Description: Marco Gonzalez, retired second Executive Secretary of the Montreal Protocol Ozone Secretariat and Dr. Stephen O. Andersen, retired founding and long-serving Co-Chair of the Montreal Protocol Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) are offering complementary copies of their new book chronicling and documenting the success of the Montreal Protocol during the first decade of the Kigali Era HFC Phase Down Amendment and Kigali Energy Efficiency Decision.

Organizer(s):

Stephen O. Andersen

soliverandersen@aol.com

Marco Gonzalez

gma.costarica@gmail.com

Tanisha Devjani

tdevjani@igsd.org

Description: Global atmospheric SF6 are rising, due primarily to use and leakage in electrical transmission and distribution systems, with smaller contributions from semiconductor manufacturing and magnesium casting. Rapid mitigation is achievable through improved containment, leak-rate targets, and replacement programs in power networks, together with abatement and process substitution in semiconductor and magnesium sectors.

This side event will provide better understanding on this super pollutant and its uses, as well as the available alternatives and solutions, to share existing policies and current initiatives aimed at addressing SF6 and to discuss how countries can cooperate at the international level to limit emissions.

Organizer(s):

Öznur Öztürk

oznur.ozturk@un.org

Philippe Lempp

philippe.lempp@giz.de

Description: ODS recovery and recycling has been supported by the Multilateral Fund since beginning of 1990s. Further around 15 years ago a limited number of demonstration projects on ODS destruction were approved. More recently, in 2022, the MLF approved a funding window for A5 countries to perform ODS and F-gas bank surveys including the set-up of action plans to manage existing ODS and F-gas banks.

This event intends to inform on the regulatory framework as well as, through a panel, discuss results, persisting challenges and potential additional steps needed to support A5 countries in their approaches. The panel will consist of implementing agencies, industry and other relevant experts.

Organizer(s):

Barbara Gschrey

barbara.gschrey@oekorecherche.de

Description: Through expert presentations and discussion, this side event will emphasise the urgency of addressing nitrous oxide (N2O) to safeguard the ozone protection legacy of the Montreal Protocol. By presenting the science, which confirms N2O as the greatest threat to ozone protection today, and proposing actionable next steps, this event will foster dialogue on the potential role that the Montreal Protocol could play in tackling the most significant uncontrolled ODS.

Organizer(s):

Tom Nickson

tomnickson@eia-international.org

Kerstin Kress

kerstin.kress@giz.de

Description: This side event will present the results from the Zimbabwe Pilot Initiative on Strengthening the Local Installation and Assembly Subsector in Commercial Refrigeration. Designed and implemented by UNEP OzonAction in partnership with Zimbabwe's National Ozone Unit (NOU) and the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association of Zimbabwe (HEVACRAZ), the pilot project was developed to address the specific challenges facing the commercial refrigeration installation and assembly subsector, including limited sector data, skills gaps, weak regulatory oversight, and the transition to low-global-warming-potential (low-GWP) refrigerants.

Organizer(s):

Patrick Salifu

patrick.salifu@un.org

Amr Abdelhai

amr.abdelhai@un.org