Increasing temperatures, population growth, urbanization and rising incomes are driving the increased need for cooling, according to the first ever Global Cooling Watch Report, launched at this year’s COP28, cooling demand could triple by 2050. 

Per the report, "The Global Cooling Watch report demonstrates the potential and the pathways to achieve near-zero emissions from cooling. Using a model created specifically for this report, it presents pathways to get to near-zero emissions in the key cooling sectors and provides a call to action for countries to pursue the policies and strategies that have the greatest impact in reducing cooling-related emissions and advancing sustainable cooling for all"

The Global Cooling Watch report, Keeping it Chill: How to meet cooling demands while cutting emissions – by the UN Environment Programme-led Cool Coalition – lays out sustainable cooling measures in three areas: passive cooling, higher-energy efficiency standards, and a faster phase down of climate-warming refrigerants. The report is released in support of the Global Cooling Pledge, a joint initiative between the United Arab Emirates as host of COP28 and the Cool Coalition.

Read the full report here https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/44243/keeping_cool_hot_world.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y