Opportunities for A5 Countries to Leapfrog to Long-Term Sustainable Alternatives Based on Natural Refrigerants

Indo- Norwegian Side Event Date: 13. October 2016 13.00 to 15.00 (including lunch 13.00-13.30)

Place: Room MH1, Radisson Blu, Kigali

13:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-13:50 Opening remarksIntroduced by Jens Frølich Holte, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment

Shri Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India

Vidar Helgesen, Minister of Climate and Environment Norway

13:50-14:30 PresentationsIntroduced by Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Sidi Menad Si Ahmed and Ermenegilda Boccabella, Shecco, Leapfrogging to Natural Refrigerants

Philipp Denzinger, GIZ, Hydrocarbons in Split AC units, an India Success Story

Petter Nekså, SINTEF Energy Research, CO2 in the Commercial Refrigeration Sector, Including High Ambient Temperatures

14:30-15:00 Panel discussionModerated by Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Panelists:

Sidi Menad Si Ahmed (Shecco)

Philipp Denzinger (GIZ)

Petter Nekså (SINTEF)

Prof. Radhey S. Agarwal, Former Dean Industrial Research and Development (IIT Delhi)

Jocelyn Kettle, Commercial Refrigeration Services (CRS)

Chandra Bhushan, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)