Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties

Title: The Transboundary Movement of ODS and HFCs: Connecting the Montreal Protocol and Basel Convention Communities to Fight Climate Change

Description: Permanently preventing the release of refrigerants at the end of their useful life through safe and responsible destruction is essential in the fight against climate change. Unfortunately, there are a limited number of facilities around the world capable of effectively destroying refrigerants. To get the refrigerants from source country to destruction facility requires navigating the Basel Convention. This session is designed to bring together members of the Montreal Protocol community (including ozone officers) and the Basel Convention community (including national focal points) for a discussion to ensure that refrigerants move efficiently and effectively across borders in support of end-of-life destruction of these potent greenhouse gases.

Contact(s):

Youssef Souissi

ysouissi@tradewater.us

Title: Regional Centres of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling: A Strategic Guide for Developing Countries 

Description: This side event will host a discussion around transferable learnings from existing models of regional Centres of Excellence (CoEs). It will highlight key considerations for developing effective and sustainable regional CoEs, emphasising alignment with existing initiatives, regional contexts, and available resources, while avoiding duplication. Through a panel discussion featuring international experts, the event will showcase case studies and provide practical guidance to help stakeholders design approaches that are feasible, streamlined, and flexible, especially in the context of advancing energy efficiency with the HFC phasedown. A strategic guide for setting up regional CoEs (by NRDC and its partners) will be launched at the side event. 

Contact(s):

Akash Goenka

agoenka@nrdcindia.org

Title: Effective Long-Term Refrigerant Management of Halon 1301

Description: Halon 1301 has not been newly produced for critical uses since its ban in 1994, and effective lifecycle refrigerant management of Halons has been key to complete market fulfilment since then. It is the only product under the Montreal that has 100% been supplied by LRM for this long a period of time. A panel of experts will provide data and solutions to encourage Parties to continue to support on LRM in this space and provide strategies to enhance LRM and secure supply for the long term.

Contact(s):

Louise McCann

louise.mccann@agas.com

Title: Policy and Technology Pathways for Sustainable Data Infrastructure

Description: During this workshop we will explore how sustainable data centers can align with global climate goals. With energy use projected to surge due to the rapid growth of AI, there is both a necessity and an opportunity to integrate data centers into the energy system from the outset. The session will highlight cutting-edge cooling and efficiency solutions, showcase key policy drivers such as the upcoming EU's data center energy efficiency package, and present performance indicators to track energy use, emissions, and circular practices. Participants will gain insights into how technology and policy together can ensure that future digital infrastructure becomes an enabler of sustainability rather than a burden on global energy demand.

Contact(s):

Anrea Voigt

andrea.voigt@danfoss.com

Title: Sustainable Financing for ODS & HFC Bank Management 

Description: Global banks of ODS and HFCs offer a significant but time-bound climate and ozone opportunity. At MOP37, the Parties will continue to discuss a draft decision on solutions for used refrigerants in A5 Parties, as well as the Terms of Reference for the 2027-29 Replenishment. Meanwhile, under the MLF, more than 100 countries have taken advantage of a funding window to develop inventories of banks, together with plans for their “collection, transport and disposal”. 
 

Given these initiatives, it is timely to consider the options for sustainably financing ODS and HFC bank management, without relying on carbon markets. In this side event, in addition to a panel discussion involving government representatives and other stakeholders, EIA will be joined by the expert authors of a new study, commissioned to evaluate options for sustainably financing action on ODS and HFC banks. Early findings from the study will be presented by the authors, with an opportunity for participants to feed into final report.  

Contact(s):

Tom Nickson 

tomnickson@eia-international.org

Title: Driving the Transition for Sustainable Change in Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC): Insights from Costa Rica & South Africa and the GIZ Greener Reefers project

Description: 96% of the current maritime cooling containers are using R134a as refrigerant, which is damaging to both climate and environment. This HFC is also the very commonly used as refrigerant for cars and trucks, but subject to the phase-down under the Kigali Amendment. This session will discuss and demonstrate technological alternatives using natural refrigerants based on experiences from the Greener Reefers project in Costa Rica and South Africa and opens the floor for discussing the possibilities for the MAC sector.

Contact(s):

Kirsten Orschulok    

kirsten.orschulok@giz.de