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UNEP has produced two guides to assist article 5 countries in their phase-out of HCFC refrigerants.

At the upcoming meeting in April Russia will propose ministers of Natural Resources of the BRICS countries to create a platform of public-private partnership for the implementation of “green technologies”, through the Development Bank, according to the materials of the Ministry of Natural Resources available to the RIA Novosti news agency.

A new report calls for a wholesale change in the way engineering is promoted in UK schools. The report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers “Five Tribes: Personalizing Engineering Education” is calling on government, teachers, industry and science technology engineering and maths (STEM) organizations to take into account young people’s diverse values and attitudes to try and inspire them about engineering.

Poland is “the real challenge” to a European agreement on carbon cutting targets for 2030, the UK energy secretary has warned.

The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany made a statement about the continued development of transport air-conditioning systems based on the natural refrigerant CO₂ instead of using doubtful  alternative R1234yf.

12-13 of April, 2013, the seventh National Congress of the “Ecoholod” Republican Public Association (RAC) was held in Bishkek.