PRESS RELEASE: CLOSING WORSHOP GREEN COOLING INITIATIVE III
Hanoi, 24th October 2024 – The closing workshop for the project “Green Cooling Initiative III” (GCI III) was held this morning in Hanoi. The workshop aimed to share the project’s results after three years of implementation and discuss the perspective of Green Cooling sector in Viet Nam. Attending the workshop were representatives of relevant ministries and departments, partnering organisations, experts and project implementers.
In 2019, by ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, Viet Nam committed to phasing down Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - synthetic gases commonly used in cooling and refrigeration, are a rapidly growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to global warming. According to the agreement, HFCs emissions are to be reduced by 80% by 2045, starting in 2024. Alongside Thailand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Colombia and Honduras, Viet Nam is a participating country of the project “Green Cooling Initiative III”. The objectives of the project are to: (i) strengthen capacity of public and private actors for the green cooling; (ii) promote Green Cooling in Viet Nam by accelerating the transformation of the cooling sector towards energy efficient technologies that utilise natural refrigerants such as carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, and ammonia, contributing to achieving Viet Nam’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050.
Mr. Oemar Idoe, Cluster Coordinator, Environment, Climate Change and Agriculture, GIZ Viet Nam - the GIC 3 project Implementing Agency proudly applauded the project’s achievements: “Today I would like to congratulate the joint GCI 3 project team from DCC and GIZ as well as its cooperation partners such as Hanoi Industrial Vocational College and Hanoi Vocational College of Electronics and Retro-Refrigeratory Technics for the achievements of the Green Cooling initiative III in Viet Nam. We also note the decision of the Vietnamese government to join the voluntary Global Cooling Pledge at COP 28, which is an encouraging sign of Vietnam*s commitment to advance sustainable cooling.”.
In the morning session on “Green Cooling Activity Deployment in Viet Nam”, the results of GCI III in Joint Cooperation Activities during 2022 – 2024 were highlighted by Mr. Nguyen Ba Tu, GCI III Project Coordinator for National Ozone Unit (NOU). Accordingly, GCI III has supported its Political partner, Department of Climate Change, by providing access to Green Cooling instruments and arguments, offering demand-based support services and strengthening stakeholders networking to incorporate Green Cooling measures for the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) sector into Viet Nam’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Update 2022.
Regarding capacity building on Green Cooling and Safe Use of Hydrocarbon based Refrigerants, the project delivered successfully two Hands-on Practical Training of Trainers, and five Replicated Courses held at two Vocational Colleges such as Hanoi Industrial Vocational College and Hanoi Vocational College of Electronics and Retro-Refrigeratory Technics. Additionally, to promote gender responsiveness in the Green Cooling sector, the vocational programme was tailored to better accommodate female participants. The GCI3 training series from October 2023 to March 2024 was attended by 30 resource trainers/practitioners and 75 students, contributing to the development of qualified human resources for Viet Nam's green cooling market.
Furthermore, the workshop provided participants with an opportunity to exchange knowledge on the cooling sector through two insightful presentations on (i) Data collection and elaborate a market study in the domestic and retail refrigeration subsectors under the food cold chain sector in Viet Nam and (ii) Market Analysis Results and Proposed Transformative Plan to Green Cooling Technologies in Viet Nam Food Cold Chain.
Ms. Nguyen Dang Thu Cuc, Coordinator of the National Office of Ozone, shared: "The project has introduced good practices in the technology of using new generation refrigerants to Viet Nam, these technologies, when applied synchronously in training programs at vocational schools, will bring many good results for trainees to meet the requirements of demand for the environment, health and human-being.
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About Green Cooling Initiative III (GCI III) project
The Green Cooling Initiative III (GCI III) is a global project commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) through the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The objective of GCI III is to promote the “green cooling approach” which fosters the use of natural refrigerants and an increase in energy efficiency. With that, negative climate impacts from the cooling sector can be avoided and reduced. GCI III supports its seven partner countries, including Viet Nam, in shifting to green cooling technologies through policy advise, technology transfer, and capacity building.
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