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Proklima is a programme of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Since 2008 Proklima has been working successfully on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) under its International Climate Initiative (ICI) to disseminate ozone-and climate-friendly technologies.

Commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to implement the provisions of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Proklima has been providing technical and financial support for developing countries since 1996.

GIZ Proklima

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    This movie explains the link between cooling, climate change and sustainable development! It begins with the introduction of a cold chain, which plays a crucial part for food safety: Currently, up to 40 % of all foodstuffs go to waste due to a lack of proper cold storage. The second part of the movie portrays refrigeration and air-conditioning as part of our little "Green Cooling- family", who discovers various uses of cooling in their life and learns about its effects on the world's climate.

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    This movie explains the link between cooling, climate change and sustainable development! It begins with the introduction of a cold chain, which plays a crucial part for food safety: Currently, up to 40 % of all foodstuffs go to waste due to a lack of proper cold storage. The second part of the movie portrays refrigeration and air-conditioning as part of our little "Green Cooling- family", who discovers various uses of cooling in their life and learns about its effects on the world's climate.

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    This handbook aims to serve policy makers and practitioners in developing countries as a comprehensive guideline for the preparation and implementation of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in the refrigeration, air conditioning and foam blowing (RAC&F) sectors. To date it is the only comprehensive compendium addressing the RAC&F sectors with respect to NAMAs, or, more generally, cost-effective mitigation actions on a sectoral level.

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    The small kingdom of southern Africa is among the poorest countries in the world. Most of its inhabitants live on livestock and agriculture. Although not responsible for climate change, its effects - increasing temperatures and droughts - put the population in serious trouble. In these circumstances, having refrigerators for food or medicine has a special meaning. One of the few factories in the country has started to produce eco-friendly refrigerators. The appliances work not only without climate-damaging refrigerants, but also consume less energy, with solar powered models.

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    The project aims to introduce the production of room air-conditioning systems by the Chinese manufacturer Gree Electric Appliances Inc. using natural refrigerants (hydrocarbons) instead of HCFCs, thereby establishing a best-practice model. The company Gree is the biggest manufacturer of air conditioners worldwide with 70 million units manufactured in 2007/2008.

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    Energy efficiency is an issue that is gaining importance worldwide due to the role it plays in the areas of resource conservation, providing access to energy for all - especially in developing countries - and combating climate change. The potential for improving energy efficiency remains largely untapped, particularly in developing and emerging countries. The reasons and barriers are diverse, stemming from the policy environment (e.g. focus on rapid economic growth), the energy sector itself (e.g.

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    Numerous developing and emerging countries have ambitious plans for the development of renewable generation. Other countries show interest in renewable generation but corresponding plans are pending due to concerns relating to the consequences of fluctuating electricity generation. In both cases, the impact of renewable generation on system reliability and system security needs to be analysed in order to assess related risks and to propose mitigation measures for ensuring a secure and reliability power system operation in the presence of large penetration of renewable generation.