TAKING ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE COOLING
Demand for cooling is set to triple by 2050, due to population increases, more extreme-heat events, and a rising number of lowincome households gaining access to inefficient cooling. 24 ECD [ELECTRICAL+COMMS+DATA] - MARCH 2026
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hese are the findings of a new UN report, launched at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, which has detailed a strategy to achieve more sustainable cooling — significantly cutting emissions and costs while protecting global populations from rising heat. The report, ‘Global Cooling Watch 2025’, warns that a business-as-usual approach will result in double the cooling-related greenhouse gas emissions of 2022, pushing cooling emissions to an estimated 7.2 billion tons of CO2e by 2050 and overwhelming power grids during peak load. This is set to happen despite current efforts to improve energy efficiency and phase down climatewarming refrigerants.
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