Promoting climate action and ozone protection through advisory services and investment

Ozone Fund (German Ozone Protection Advisory and Investment Fund)

Commissioning Party

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Cofinancier

Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Country

Global: Egypt, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Colombia, Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, China, India, Papua-New Guinea
Lead executing agency

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Overall term

2010 to 2026 and 2017 to 2030
Products and expertise

Climate, environment, natural resource management

Egypt	Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency (EEAA); National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Brazil	Ministry of Environment and Climate Change; Department for Policies of Mitigation, Adaptation and Implementation Instruments
Burkina Faso	Ministère de l’Environnement de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement ; Bureau National Ozone (BNO) / Ministry of Environment, Water and Sanitation; National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Kenya	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry (MoECC&F); National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Colombia	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development; National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Lesotho	Lesotho Meteorological Services (LMS); National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Liberia	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Mauritius	Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Mauritius; National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Mexico	Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT); Unit of the Montreal Protocol (UPM)
Namibia	Ministry of Industrialization and Trade (MIT); National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Zimbabwe	Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate, and Rural Resettlement; National Ozone Unit (NOU)
Seychelles	Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change & Environment; National Ozone Unit (NOU)
China	Ministry of Ecology and Environment/Foreign Economic Cooperation Organisation (MEE/FECO); National Ozone Unit (NOU)
India	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC); Ozone Cell
Papua New Guinea	Department of Environment and Conservation; National Ozone Unit (NOU)

Several trainees working on an air conditioning system under supervision.

Context

International legal obligations under the Montreal Protocol require countries in the Global South to gradually reduce their use of substances that are harmful to the climate and the ozone layer. To this end, they must implement appropriate regulations and standards, as well as introduce and scale up the use of alternative, sustainable technologies. This requires them to provide advice and training to various target groups, from political decision-makers to (informal) maintenance technicians.

The transition to new technologies is supported by countries in the Global North via a multilateral fund (MLF). The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH implements activities funded by the MLF in various partner countries on behalf of the German Government.

Im Bereich der Raumklimatisierung werden von Proklima und dem Ozonfonds besonders Klimaanlagen mit dem natürlichen Kältemittel Propan (R290) gefördert. Es ist ozon- und umweltfreundlich und besitzt exzellente Energieeffizienzeigenschaften. © GIZ Proklima / MMA

Objective

The partner countries are upholding their commitments under the Montreal Protocol and transforming the refrigeration and air conditioning sector.

Approach

The project is part of the Proklima cluster, which brings together projects from various clients that relate to sustainable cooling technologies.

The project supports the partner countries with the following measures:

It offers training for political decision-makers in various policy areas such as the environment, industry, vocational training and energy, for example on introducing or revising national standards.
The project trains and certifies refrigeration technicians in the proper and safe installation, operation and maintenance of new refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
It supports the countries involved in using the Montreal Protocol process to gain funding for the projects and ensure their compliant implementation.
It pilots and scales up natural refrigerant technologies, for example air conditioning systems using propane (R290) and supermarket systems using CO2.
It uses communication activities to raise awareness of the issue amongst the industry and the general public.

Last update: November 2023