It’s World Refrigeration Day!
World Refrigeration Day celebrates the people and technologies responsible for creating and maintaining the world we live in, a world dependent upon temperature-controlled environments. Celebrated annually on June 26, World Refrigeration Day is supported globally by industry, professional groups, scientific and engineering associations, as well as by governments and individuals.
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The 2023 Refrigerant Transition: What You Need to Know
Reset Earth: Apollo’s Edition is Live today!
Exciting news: Reset Earth: Apollo’s Edition is live today on World Education Day (24 January).
All teachers get your new free online resources, including an Earth Simulator game to help educate and inspire future young scientists and climate champions to Reset Earth and protect the ozone layer and the environment.
“By giving young people innovative learning tools, we hope to inspire them to become the future scientists and policy-makers championing environmental protection,” said Meg Seki, Executive Secretary of the Ozone Secretariat.
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Source: Ozone Secretariat
Montreal Protocol emerges as a powerful climate treaty
The United Nations report: Ozone layer recovery on track.
A new report from the U.N., which includes key scientific contributions from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and international partners, confirms that the recovery of Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track, and that the Montreal Protocol, the international treaty that guides the phase-out of ozone-destroying chemicals, has had the additional benefit of slowing global warming.
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Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming by 0.5°C
NAIROBI, 9 January 2023 – The ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, with the global phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate change. This is the conclusion of a UN-backed panel of experts, presented today at the American Meteorological Society’s 103rd annual meeting. Examining novel technologies such as geoengineering for the first time, the panel warns of unintended impacts on the ozone layer. Read full article
Earth’s ozone layer on course to mend within decades, UN report finds
Depletion of the ozone layer has been steadily improving in the wake of the 1989 Montreal Protocol, a global agreement to protect the Earth’s ozone layer by phasing out chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) initially used as solvents and refrigerants.
The progress is slow, according to the new United Nations report presented on Continue reading Earth’s ozone layer on course to mend within decades, UN report finds
Climate Action Through Kigali in 2022
Throughout 2022, more parties have ratified the Kigali Amendment in their commitment to phase-down HFCs. Let’s give them a hand for their hard work 👏
Reset Earth Animation Trilogy
The Reset Earth trilogy: a fun and entertaining way for young and old to learn about the importance of caring for our planet. Keep young restless minds busy this holiday with this fun and edutaining animation.
Watch episode 2: http://bit.ly/3Hhrcq9
If you missed episode 1: http://bit.ly/3P9Tc0V
Release of Greening the Blue 2022 Report
On 14 December 2022 the United Nations’ system launched its latest environmental sustainability report: Greening the Blue Report 2022. This edition of the Report reveals UN entities are accelerating their efforts on environmental governance and environmental training.
Greening the Blue is a UNEP initiative to engage and support the UN System in the transition towards greater environmental sustainability in the management of its facilities and operations.
In alignment with the Strategy for Sustainability Management in the United Nations 2020-2030, Phase I: Environmental Sustainability in the Area of Management, the Greening the Blue Report 2022 provides UN system-wide and entity-level data for 2021 on environmental impact areas: greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate neutrality, waste, air pollution, water and wastewater, and biodiversity. As well as management functions: environmental governance, procurement, and human resources.
The Ozone Secretariat’s data is available online under ‘Greening our meetings’ and at https://www.