COPA PARTNER & MEMBER COUNTRIES

COPA primarily supports countries from the Global South eligible for Official Development Assistance in creating effective greenhouse gas mitigation through ozone depleting substances (ODS) and hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) banks management. Partner countries receive access to technical and financial support to establish and further develop a regulatory framework and infrastructure to effectively address the global ODS and HFC banks problem.

Countries are welcome to become members of the alliance and benefit from knowledge exchange and an international network of actors willing to jointly work on the sustainable management of ODS and HFCs.

In the initial phase, COPA cooperates with China (Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China - Foreign Environmental Cooperation Office), Ghana (Ministry of Environment Science Technology and Innovation - Environmental Protection Agency), Mexico (Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico), Tunisia (Ministry of Environment of Tunisia) and Ecuador (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries). COPA is working with the five countries to define country-specific commitments, develop project concepts and implement first pilot actions. The results and expertise can then be transferred and multiplied to other countries.

COPA focuses on mitigation actions in metropolitan regions as ODS and HFC waste stocks mostly accumulate in densely populated areas.

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Dominican Republic

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With the ratification by the Dominican Republic of the Kigali amendment on April 14, 2021, it is necessary to implement a plan for the management of banks of discarded or disused gases and refrigeration and air conditioning equipment regulated by the Montreal Protocol.

Activities

The Dominican Republic has the challenges of carrying out:

Plans for the management of banks of unwanted ODS/HFC equipment and substances that have become obsolete due to their lifetime and/or low energy performance with relevant institutions and stakeholders, policies including transport/export for disposal
Work plans with the responsibilities and roles of the main actors, which include gender aspects
Training plans for environmental managers for the proper management of equipment and substances with used or unwanted ODS/HFCs

Progress for the management of ODS/HFC banks:

Certifications and licenses to companies and technicians provided and invested with the capabilities to properly install, operate and maintain sustainable refrigeration and air conditioning equipment
Use of natural refrigerants and transfer of environmentally friendly refrigeration technologies in public entities
Promotion of public awareness about the benefits of sustainable refrigeration and the need to reduce food waste, through the institution's information systems
Acquisition of green purchases from the State with equipment with air conditioning technologies with low global warming potential and high efficiencies focused on the lowest life cycle cost of government buildings
Development and implementation of actions on sustainable climate control in national development plans, climate strategies, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) of the Paris Convention and implementation plans of the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol
Importation of air conditioning equipment that meets energy efficiency standards and is certified as sustainable to help reduce energy consumption and emissions of harmful gases to the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect

For more information: https://ambiente.gob.do

UNDP is willing to support the partners to strengthen their systems for the reduction of ODS and HFCs banks emissions.

Xiaofang Zhou, Director at UNDP's Montreal Protocol Unit

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