In
this issue:
1- ODS Projects Enter
the Carbon Market: A
Near-Term Solution to
Climate Change
2- Global Chloroform
Consumption to Reach
647 Thousand Metric
Tons by 2015, According
to New Report by Global
Industry Analysts, Inc.
3- Report on Cataract
Incidence in the United
States: Protecting the
Ozone Layer Protects
Eyesight
4- Bhutan Raising Gross
National Happiness;
Deriving Climate Benefits
from Ozone Layer Protection
5- Centre for Natural
Refrigerants Operating
The
International Day for
the Preservation of
the Ozone Layer - 16
September 2010 is fast
approaching. This
year's theme ""
is an invitation to
reflect on the global
success so far achieved
and the challenges ahead.
>>
UNEP Ozone Secretariat
invitation letter to
governments to commemorate
the 2010 International
Day for the Preservation
of the Ozone Layer,
http://ozone.unep.org/Events/ozone_day_2010/index.shtml
>>
UNEP OzonAction Letter
to National Ozone Officers
on materials that they
can use for Ozone Day
celebrations in their
respective countries,
in different areas:
HCFCs, Media and Journalists,
Communication and Guidance,
Social Media and Websites,
and other Awareness
resources: http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/events/ozoneday/2010.htm
1-
ODS Projects Enter the
Carbon Market: A Near-Term
Solution to Climate
Change
SOURCE: Triplepundit.com,
2 August 2010, By Jill
Abelson & Joe Madden,
http://bit.ly/b6P15C
2-
Global Chloroform Consumption
to Reach 647 Thousand
Metric Tons by 2015,
According to New Report
by Global Industry Analysts,
Inc.
For more details
about this comprehensive
market research report,
please visit - http://www.strategyr.com/Chloroform_Market_Report.asp
SOURCE: Streetinsider.com,
9 August 2010, http://bit.ly/b1qgcZ
3-
Report on Cataract Incidence
in the United States:
Protecting the Ozone
Layer Protects Eyesight
EPA Model Gains Ability
to Estimate Cataract
Cases Avoided
More Information
- Access the full report:
Protecting
the Ozone Layer Protects
Eyesight - A Report
on Cataract Incidence
in the United States
Using the Atmospheric
and Health Effects Framework
Model
- Learn
how to prevent cataracts
from EPA's SunWise Program
-
More information on
Cataract Awareness Month
and cataract symptoms
from Prevent Blindness
America.
SOURCE: US EPA
@ http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/effects/cataracts.html
4-
Bhutan Raising Gross
National Happiness;
Deriving Climate Benefits
from Ozone Layer Protection
Thimpu,
10 August 2010- Today,
a small country in the
lap of Himalaya has
taken a giant step.
Bhutan, one of the few
countries in the world
where sustainable development
is embedded in its constitution,
has made a historic
decision to further
advance the phase out
of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
(HCFCs) - a powerful
Green House Gas and
Ozone Depleting substance
by 10 years.
HCFCs are widely used
in air conditioning
applications as well
as in refrigeration
and in manufacturing
of insulation foams.
HCFCs not only destroy
the stratospheric ozone
layer which is essential
to life on Earth but
they are also potent
greenhouse gases having
Global Warming Potential
2000 times more than
carbon dioxide In 2007,
international community
took an important step
for accelerated phase-out
of HCFCs. i.e. by 2030
in the developing countries
in order to advance
ozone layer recovery
by nearly 4 years and
reduce the cumulative
emissions of the green
house gases by nearly
25 giga tons of the
equivalent of CO2.
Bhutan's enviable reputation
in environment conservation
thus far is testimony
of its commitment of
pursuing sustainable
development based on
the philosophy of Gross
National Happiness,
which underscores that
development cannot be
pursued on the premise
of economic growth alone
but has to take place
in combination with
the emotional and spiritual
well-being of the people.
As eloquently summarized
by His Majesty the King
Jigme Singye Wangchuck,
"Gross National
Happiness is more important
than Gross National
Product". This
has been the guiding
force of Bhutan's sustainable
development strategy.
His Majesty the King
has also stated that
"Throughout the
centuries, the Bhutanese
have treasured their
natural environment
and have looked upon
it as the source of
all life. This traditional
reverence for nature
has delivered us into
the twentieth century
with our environment
still richly intact.
We wish to continue
living in harmony with
nature and to pass on
this rich heritage to
our future generations".
The United Nations Environment
Programme, Division
of Technology, Industry
and Economics (UNEP
DTIE) OzonAction Programme
has been working closely
with the National Environment
Commission Secretariat,
Bhutan in the development
of HPMP while assessing
various risks associated
with the implementation
of such a plan over
a long time framework
of 20 years.
In this process, relevant
Ministries in the country,
including the Ministry
of Economic Affairs,
Bhutan Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (BCCI),
Ministry of Health,
Department of Customs
as well as other national
stakeholders have agreed
to commit and collaborate
in the implementation
of the plan.
"Such a strong
commitment of Bhutan
to HCFC Phase out will
help them reach their
ambitious target. OzonAction
Programme will work
shoulder to shoulder
with Bhutan to stop
the consumption of this
group of chemicals earlier
than the Montreal Protocol
phase out deadline,
as was done when CFCs
were phased out by Bhutan"
said Mr. Rajendra Shende,
Head of UNEP DTIE OzonAction
Programme. "Scaling
the Himalayan peaks
require excellent supply
chain management . OzonAction
would do exactly that
by providing capacity
building and technology
support" added
Mr. Shende.
Bhutan has committed
to phase out the consumption
of HCFCs, mainly used
in the air conditioning
and refrigeration servicing
sector in its large
industrial establishments,
hotels and resorts,
corporate offices, governmental
sectors, as well as
domestic servicing sector.
The plan also involves
policy and legislations,
training and capacity
building activities,
as well as information
outreach for HCFC phase-out.
"Our decision to
phase out HCFCs will
demonstrate to the world
our determination to
protect our planet by
benefiting from the
low hanging climate
benefit fruits from
the Montreal Protocol
and cutting carbon footprints
and promoting energy
efficiency and green
economy." said
Ms. Peldon Tshering,
Chief
National Environment
Commission Secretariat,
Bhutan.
This is an encouraging
action that demonstrates
to the global community
that small countries
like Bhutan can also
be at the frontline
in the battle against
climate change and the
protection of the ozone
layer
SOURCE: UNEP
DTIE OzonAction-CAP
ROAP, http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/information/mmcfiles/7437-e-Bhutan_PR2010.pdf
5-
Centre for Natural Refrigerants
Operating
SOURCE: E-Bulletin
MOPIA August, 2010 #
85, www.mopia.ca
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HCFC Phase-Out
for Ozone and Climate
Benefit, July 2010 |
Vol.1, No 3, http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/topics/issue3.pdf
2010 Schedule of Network
and Thematic Meetings,
http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/events/index.htm
EVENTs
"Road to Climate
Friendly Chillers: Moving
Beyond CFCs and HCFCs"
a
conference sponsored
by UNEP and ASHRAE to
take place September
30-October 1, 2010 in
Cairo, Egypt. The main
objective of the conference
is to enhance the practical
knowledge on state-of-the-art
alternative refrigerants
and communicate achieved
results, successes and
lessons learned. Read
more...
ATMOsphere 2010 - International
Workshop on Natural
Refrigerants
http://www.atmosphere2010.com/article.view.php?Id=36
Call for papers:
market innovations for
natural refrigerants
http://www.atmosphere2010.com/article.view.php?Id=37
PUBLICATIONs
- READING
NOAA Report Analyzes
Global Data
Shook
Hardy & Bacon LLP,
David Erickson and James
Neet
The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) has issued a
report that gathered
data from weather stations
in 48 countries and
analyzed more than 30
"climate indicators."
Titled "State of
the Climate in 2009,"
the report, issued July
28, 2010, studied climate
indicators such as air
temperature, temperature
over land and over water,
humidity, snow cover,
glacier mass, and sea
ice area.
Among the report's findings
are the following:
(i) "Global average
surface and lower-troposphere
temperatures during
the last three decades
have been progressively
warmer than all earlier
decades"; (ii)
the 2000-2009 decade
was the warmest decade
on record; (iii) Atmospheric
greenhouse gas concentrations
continue to rise";
(iv) "the 2009
Antarctic ozone hole
was comparable in size
to recent previous ozone
holes, while still much
larger than those observed
before 1990"; (v)
Global integrals of
upper-ocean heat content
for the last several
years have reached values
consistently higher
than for all prior times
in the record";
(vi) the 2009 "summer
minimum ice extent in
the Arctic was the third
lowest recorded since
1979"; and (vii)
"the Antarctic
Peninsula continues
to warm at a rate five
times larger than the
global mean warming."
The 222-page report
contains seven major
chapters, thousands
of data points and analyses
by 300 authors from
160 different research
groups. The stated purpose
of the report was to
document climate and
weather events in 2009
from around the world
and put them in historical
perspective. It does
not theorize on potential
causes or sources of
climate change.
SOURCE: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=14fe3a01-0b14-4ad4-aa4a-18b5708ef24a
Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning Africa
(RACA), August
2010 | Vol.26, No4,
http://bit.ly/94lUnK