Dear Green Cooling community,

As 2022 draws to a close, we wish you and your family the chance to recharge your batteries and enjoy some peace and relaxation this festive season.

To reflect on the past year, we have compiled a selection of our highlights, publications and event recordings 2022 as well as our latest news. We really enjoyed that we could meet many of you in person again and that we were able to invite technicians from all over the world to our Cool Training in Germany. At the same time, we continue using the advantages of digitalization: Our virtual Green Cooling Summit went into a successfull second round and we have launched a Cool Training online course.

Enjoy reading and have a wonderful break. Thank you for your valued cooperation and trust. We would especially like to express our gratitude to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), and the European Union (EU), without whom our project work would not be possible.

Have a great start to the new year! We look forward to continuing our Green Cooling journey with you.

Stay healthy & stay cool,

Bernhard Siegele
Programme Manager GIZ Proklima

Latest News

Brazing as a valuable skill in controlling leakages from refrigeration and air conditioning appliances

Series of trainings in Kenya with a focus on brazing for appliances using natural refrigerants such as R290.

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Mabuhay Green Cooling!

Several workshops and meetings were held in the Philippines to launch the second phase of the project Cool Contributions Fighting Climate Change (C4 II).

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ROCA Project Launch in Cameroon

Official launch of the project Refroidissement respectueux de l'Ozone et du Climat en Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale (ROCA) in Cameroon, with a speech by the Minister for the Environment and a successful workshop.

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Negotation Skills Training in the LAC Region

Successful virtual training for national ozone units (NOUs) and representatives of national ministries in negotiation skills.

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MOP34 Side Event: Methodologies and Services for RAC sector integration into NDCs

This side event at the 34th Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Montreal Protocoll provided guidance on how to appropriately cover the cooling sector in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
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MOP34 Side Event: Shedding light on a blind spot through COPA

The Climate and Ozone Protection Alliance (COPA) was presented to interested participants of MOP34.
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Ad-hoc Working Group Meetings of CooPSA in Eswatini, Botswana, Namibia

Representatives of different national ministries, GIZ and GFA Consulting Group met to discuss the status of the Cooling Program for Southern Africa (CooPSA).
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R290 Units at the Cold Chain Innovation Hub

Cool Contributions Fighting Climate Change Phase II

(C4 II) supported the Technology Training Week in the Philippines.
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Innovative Approaches to Green Cooling Study Trip to Germany

A delegation from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) took part in a successful study trip.
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Highlights 2022

Green Cooling Summit 2022

852 registrations from 100 countries, 24 speakers, 2 days, 1 goal: Advancing Green Cooling in supermarkets! Different keynotes, presentations, lively discussions and new impressions allow for pursuing the path to more climate-friendly cooling more consistently than ever.
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NDC4 Call for Proposals

The project C4 II launches a Call for Proposals which provides technical advisory about the application of best practices for a Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) strategy development in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector.
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Virtual Soft Launch of the Climate and Ozone Protection Alliance (COPA)

In July 2022, around 160 participants, representing different countries and organizations, took part in the virtual COPA soft launch.COPA will focus on the management of outdated or end-of-life refrigerants.
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Cool Trainings

After a two years forced break, our well-established Cool Training could once again take place at Bundesfachschule Kälte-Klima-Technik (BFS) in Maintal, Germany. A few dozen cooling technicians and engineers from all over the world took part. "Cool Training teaches us how to protect the environment", said Amadou Traore from Mali. How? They learnt by theoretical lessons, practical exercises and excursions how to safely handle natural refrigerants. Find here some more impressions from the trainings in pictures and quotes.