Date: 15-17 July 2024 Location: United Arab Emirates Format: In-person
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), under the framework of the Cool Coalition and the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, is organizing a three-day technical visit and workshop series on district cooling in the UAE. The visit will bring together key stakeholders from multiple countries working on district cooling, and will include:
- Technical visits to high-class and diverse district cooling projects across UAE.
- Dedicated workshops on national and local policy development with opportunities for presentations and exchanges by each country on their current and planned policy frameworks.
- Dedicated workshops on technology, business models and financing for district cooling, led by UNEP as well as local industry experts including Empower and Tabreed.
This event is being organized by UNEP with support from the Italian government for the participation of representatives from Tunisia, Morocco and Pakistan, and local district cooling industries in UAE, notably Tabreed and Empower.
💡Tabreed: Click here
💡Empower: Click here
💡International District Energy Association: Click here
The objective is to raise awareness and capacity of countries, cities and industry on the diverse benefits of district cooling, challenges and opportunities for their deployment and the policies and support needed to accelerate the market for these approaches. The trip will also provide a strong opportunity for country governments and cities to exchange on their policy approaches and build long-term collaborations and for industry to exchange on best practices and interact with leading players in district cooling. Post the technical visit, UNEP with its partners under the Cool Coalition will continue to support officials and industry on policy and best practice exchange between the international participants present at the workshop.
Stakeholder participation
An international delegation from countries including Tunisia, Morrocco and Pakistan. Other stakeholders include national policymakers, local district cooling industry players in UAE, UAE government departments, and UNEP officials.
💡 UNEP event page: Click here
