COPA Events

 

Learn more about the events and meetings organized by the Climate and Ozone Protection Alliance. To register for any of the listed events, please fill out the registration form below each description. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about upcoming events.

Upcoming COPA events and meetings are listed in the calender below

 

10 January 2024
English Online Meeting

Webinar
ODS/HFC Reclamation and destruction technologies - A review for Article 5 countries

11 am - 12 pm (UTC+1)

COPA invites all members and respective guests to join the COPA Webinar providing insights into the new COPA publication.

Click here for the publication "ODS/HFC Reclamation and destruction technologies". 

This webinar is part of a threefold-webinar series addressing each a different facet of ODS and HFC banks management: policy, technology and finance.

Every webinar will expound upon new studies developed by COPA Thematic Working Groups and members. 

 

24 January 2024
English Online Meeting

Webinar
Financing refrigerant management - including Article 6 of the Paris Agreement applicability to refrigerant recovery/reclaim/destruction projects

3.00 pm - 4.00 pm (UTC+1)

COPA invites all members and respective guests to join the COPA Webinar providing insights into financing refrigerant management - including Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.  

This webinar is part of a threefold-webinar series addressing each a different facet of ODS and HFC banks management: policy, technology and finance.

Every webinar will expound upon new studies developed by COPA Thematic Working Groups and members. 

 

14 March 2024
English Event

Virtual Study Tour
Refrigerant reclamation and recycling in Chile (Regener)

13:00pm - 14:15pm (UTC+1)

COPA invites all members and respective guests to join the COPA Virtual Study Tour 2024, which will concentrate on the crucial stages of managing ODS and HFC banks, including reclamation, destruction, and dismantling.

The first session of the virtual tour will take us to Chile, where we will visit the Regener plant and learn about the step-by-step process of refrigerant reclamation, which involves a series of procedures to restore used refrigerants to their original state.

21 March 2024
English Event

Virtual Study Tour
Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) in a cement kiln in Ecuador (UNACEM)

13:00pm - 14:15pm (UTC+1)

COPA invites all members and respective guests to join the COPA Virtual Study Tour 2024, which will concentrate on the crucial stages of managing ODS and HFC banks, including reclamation, destruction, and dismantling.

The second session of the virtual tour will take us to Ecuador, where we will visit UNACEM, the country's largest cement company, and learn about their expertise in destroying ODS in a cement kiln, as they are the only company authorized by the national government for co-processing ODS.

11 April 2024
English Event

Virtual Study Tour
Reclamation and Dismantling in China (Aohong and Cartac)

9:00am - 10:15am (UTC+1)
18 April 2024
English Online Meeting

COPA 101 Series - Fundamentals of Financing Mechanisms
Carbon Credit introduction

12:00 - 13:30 CET

The COPA 101-Series is hosted by the TWG Financing Mechanisms and moderated by TWG FM Chair Louis Potok. It is an introduction session to the thematic, no previous knowledge is required. Contact TWG FM coordinator to receive the meeting link, see the TWG FM website.