Last Updated on May 10, 2023, 5:49 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The Ministry of Environment and climate action in the government of St Kitts and Nevis is committed to protecting the Environment, addressing the climate crisis, and partnering with the wider world to work on the issue. Accordingly, the ministry, under the leadership of Senator Dr Joyelle Clarke, hosted an event dubbed the “Revitalization of the St Kitts-Nevis Air Condition and Refrigeration Association”.
The Minister of Environment, Joyelle Clarke, took to her official social media account to inform the people of St Kitts and Nevis about the event. The National Ozone Unit (NOU) of St Kitts and Nevis, which is currently functioning within the Department of Environment hosted the event “Revitalization of the St Kitts-Nevis Air Condition and Refrigeration Association” at the St Kitts Marriott Resort on Friday April 28, 2023.
According to Minister Joyelle Clarke St Kitts and Nevis is a signatory to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The substances listed in the Montreal Protocol include refrigerant gases that are harmful to the ozone layer. Minister Clarke observed that The Ozone Layer is the layer within the atmosphere that protects life on Earth from the harmful UV rays of the sun.
As a signatory to the Montreal Protocol, one of the main outputs for St Kitts an Nevis is to have an active Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association. Dr Joyelle Clarke further noted in her social media post that air conditioning and refrigeration are major parts of our lives. From cooling in our homes to safely transporting foods and medicines. Accordingly, we need to ensure the technicians in St Kitts and Nevis are afforded the opportunities for training, access to new technologies and equipment and, more importantly, that best practices are used.
The Minister of clarified that the government has taken this initiative in order to serve us better while still protecting the ozone layer and the Environment.
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