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With the world still in the throes of the COVID 19 pandemic , refrigeration has enabled life-saving vaccines to be distributed to peoples around the world . The industry predicts that overall world cooling demands will continue to increase by 2.7 times during the next 30 years .
The climate action report further states that assuming implementation and efficient enforcement of both the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances and current national plans limit emissions , the effects of HFCs on global-mean surface air temperature , relative to 2019 , would remain below + 0 . 02 ° C from 2050 onwards versus about + 0.04 – 0.08 ° C in 2050 and + 0.1 – 0.3 ° C in 2100 considering only national HFC regulations decided prior to the Kigali Amendment .
Further improvements in the efficiency of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment during the transition to low-global-warming potential refrigerants would bring additional GHG reductions resulting in benefits for climate change mitigation and to a lesser extent for air quality due to reduced air pollutant emissions from power plants . HFCs are a commonly used refrigerant classification used across the globe in HVACR applications .
World Refrigeration Day believes that a commitment is required by facility owners , the chemicals industry , technology providers , field practitioners , and industry associations to ensure the deployment of low global warming potential ( low-GWP , energy efficient technologies and chemicals in the refrigeration , air-conditioning and heat-pump sectors .
Coupled with continued commitment by policy makers to update building and energy related codes and regulations , the most severe consequences of climate change may be limited , especially as the demand for cooling increase in the coming decades as populations grow .
World Refrigeration Day is a celebration of the essential contribution of cooling to the quality of life . Its secretariat partners with governmental and non-governmental groups on public awareness campaigns and serves as a year-round clearinghouse of information detailing the benefits of refrigeration and related technologies while promoting practices that support environmentally sustainable applications . The day is celebrated on June 26 , marking the birthday of Lord Kelvin , the 19 th Century scientist who invented the international system of absolute temperature .
In 2019 , World Refrigeration Day and United Nations Environment Programme OzonAction launched a campaign to educate industry about the benefits of new generation of refrigerants that limits emission of greenhouse gases and provided training to cooling technicians on their safe use .
In 2020 , they partnered on a campaign to explain best practices in the cold chain to preserve food and distribute medicines and vaccines . And this year , World Refrigeration Day , OzonAction , and six associations with networks that reached around the world , promoted “ Cooling Champions : Careers for a Better World ,” a series of webinars , conducted in multiple languages , described the exciting job opportunities in varied fields that await people who choose to pursue a career in HVACR . RACA
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