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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 15 November 2023 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) Caribbean Regional Team organized a Thematic Network Meeting of the National Ozone Officers (NOOs) from the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti held back-to-back with a Regional Workshop for Women in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) from 14 to 15 November 2023 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Nairobi, Kenya, 27 October 2023 – As part of the 35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP), an extraordinary art exhibition was presented that brought an inspiring and powerful message. "The Planet is your Canvas" organized by UNEP OzonAction highlights creativity and environmental awareness in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 21 de septiembre de 2023 – Los ganadores y familias del Concurso Regional de Arte para América Latina y el Caribe “El Planeta es Tu Lienzo” participaron activamente en el evento de dos días organizado por el equipo de AcciónOzono del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) en América Latina y el C

Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 19 de septiembre de 2023 – Con motivo del Día Mundial del Ozono (16 de septiembre), el Concurso Regional de Arte para América Latina y el Caribe “El Planeta es Tu Lienzo” celebró su ceremonia de premiación el 13 de septiembre de 2023.

Paris, France, 26 June 2023 ‒ UNEP OzonAction joined with the World Refrigeration Day Secretariat and industry associations worldwide to celebrate World Refrigeration Day, 26 June. The focus of the 2023 campaign is “Next Generation Cooling” (NextGenCooling), both in the sense of technology and the people who design, manufacture install, and operate it.

Panamá, 28 de abril de 2023 - La esperanza de un planeta limpio y la crisis climática cruzan las más de 300 obras de América Latina y el Caribe que participaron en el concurso de arte “El Planeta es tu Lienzo”, organizado por el Programa Acción Ozono de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), y que se desarrolló entre octubre de 2022 y marzo de 2023.

Panama City, Panama, 30 March 2023 — The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) team in Latin America and the Caribbe

Panama City, Panama, 30 March 2023 — The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction Compliance Assistance Programme, Latin America and the Caribbean, in cooperation with the Government of Panama hosted the English-Speaking Caribbean and Haiti Thematic Network Meeting for National Ozone Officers (NOOs), in Panama City, from 23 - 24 March 2023.  This was the first in-person meeting held following a 2-year series of virtual meetings owing to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

30 March 2023, Panama City, Panama — National Ozone Officers from Latin America and the Caribbean, met in Panama City from 16-27 March 2023 to discuss and address the Kigali Amendment challenges including Montreal Protocol related activities.  The series of meetings (1. Joint Network Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin American, 2. the Caribbean Thematic Meetings and 3.

QUITO, ECUADOR, 31 October 2018.—Thirty-one experts including officials from 9 Caribbean governments gathered in this Andean capital to identify opportunities and forge cooperation for promoting energy efficient cooling equipment in their countries and region. The catalyst for the gathering was the recent agreement of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances the Deplete the Ozone Layer.

KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENDADINES, 1 June 2018 — UN Environment’s OzonAction in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, Sustainable Development and Information Technology of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, hosted the Thematic Network Meeting of National Ozone Officers of the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti from 30th May to 1st June 2018, in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 30 May 2018 — The UN Environment’s OzonAction Branch in cooperation with the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has organized the newly developed training programme for National Ozone Officers in the Caribbean region (Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 28-29 May 2018).