On 3-4 June 2013, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and shecco brought together 150 representatives from developing and developed countries to explore possibilities for choosing sustainable substances in the HVAC&R and foam sectors. The two-day “UNIDO ATMOsphere Technology Summit” was the first in a series of cooperation projects between the United Nations agency and market development expert shecco.
The UNIDO ATMOsphere Technology Summit, co-chaired by Mr Sidi Menad Si Ahmed, Director of the Montreal Protocol Branch of UNIDO; and Marc Chasserot, Managing Director of shecco; aimed at actively discussing the technical, commercial and social viability of natural refrigerants and foams, as well as helping emerging economies choose more sustainable replacements for high global warming and/or ozone-depleting substances.National Ozone Officers, ministry representatives, component and system suppliers, end-users, academics and non-governmental associations had the opportunity to engage in focused discussions about viable substances and technologies to fit specific applications, industry sectors, countries and/or climatic regions. With the 2nd phase of the HCFC Phase-Out Management Plans (HPMPs) taking effect very soon, a sense of urgency was felt among participants to find suitable alternatives.
An initiative that is needed
Welcoming participants on 3 June, Mr Si Ahmed highlighted the event as "an initiative that we as an UN agency believe will help leapfrog the phase-out of HCFC because as we all know one of the main concerns of the international community is also to avoid phasing-in substances that have a high global warming potential and that is something that we all have to take on board.”
Mr Si Ahmed also emphasised that UNIDO had selected shecco as a partner to jointly organise the event, as the UN agency believes it to be its “duty and mandate to promote new technologies for the benefit of the developing countries.“
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