Objectives

  • Accelerate the adoption of passive cooling strategies to reduce emissions, improve thermal comfort, and ensure climate resilience in buildings.
  • Support policymakers and stakeholders in developing enabling frameworks, guidelines, and toolkits for integration into building policies.
  • Promote global collaboration, knowledge-exchange, and capacity-building to scale passive cooling, especially in heat-stressed and low-income regions.
  • Advance commitments under the Global Cooling Pledge through advocacy, awareness, and technical support.


Outputs

  • Passive Cooling Knowledge Platform to share experiences, data, and case studies.
  • Model Guidelines to support integration of passive cooling into national and regional policies.
  • Capacity-building programmes including trainings, webinars, and workshops for key stakeholders.
  • Dissemination and outreach through global events and platforms.


Co-Chairs 


Facilitator:
Gennai Kamata, [email protected]


Resources

Passive Cooling WG Calendar 2025


Past Meetings

Providing Thermal Security through Energy Efficient Methods is a Matter of Survival for Many Regions
22 October 2024

Passive Cooling Strategies for Sustainable Development in Cambodia
5 December 2024

Accelerating Nature-based Solutions for Building Energy-efficiency and Thermal Comfort
6 February 2025

Cooling People with Air Movement
3 April 2025

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