Ensuring Climate Justice through Cooler Cities, Homes and Streets
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Powering Sustainable Cold Chain Solutions for All
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Fighting the Illegal Import of Used Products into Africa
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Taking Action: the Pathway to Net-Zero Cooling
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Almost one-third of the world’s population faces dangerous temperatures for more than 20 days a year, while heatwaves cause 12,000 deaths annually. Staying cool is a health and productivity issue. We need to provide equitable access to cooling to protect people against extreme heat, keep food fresh, vaccines stable, and so much more. But the more we cool, the more we heat the planet. We need a rethink. Read more.
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Cooling energy efficiency standards and policies: Raising global ambition while lowering global temperatures
As global demand for cooling soars, the energy efficiency of air conditioners and refrigerators will play a vital role in preventing run-away energy use and GHG emissions from the cooling ...
Indonesia : Ice from Solar Energy
A solar-powered ice maker for local fishers demonstrates how renewable energy can secure incomes. The fishing village of Sulamu in southeast Indonesia has everything ready for the arrival of the ...
India’s northwest reels under unusual early heat wave
An unusually early heatwave brought more extreme temperatures Monday to a large swath of India’s northwest, raising concerns that such weather conditions could become typical. The India Meteorological Department forecast ...
Forests’ Climate-Cooling Effect Is Greater Than Previously Known
Forests are a powerful, troubled ally in the struggle against climate change. They soak in 29% of the carbon dioxide humanity emits every year–a feat that has kept temperatures from ...
Urbanization: Islands of Heat
Dark surfaces, heat-storing materials, and a lack of ventilation and natural cooling make many cities a health risk for their residents. But from Colombia to India to Sierra Leone, innovative ...
Want to be sustainable and cool? Choose fans more and aircon less
We often turn to air conditioners during hot weather to cope with the heat, but a study has found electric fans are an effective and sustainable choice to circulate air ...
