Elena Kosslapova, SDG Knowledge Hub
Summary
23 September 2019: A global network of partners from government, the private sector, cities, international organizations, finance, academia and civil society has announced new commitments on efficient, climate-friendly cooling. Made under the Energy Transition Track of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit, these pledges will contribute to tackling climate change, help achieve sustainable development and save trillions of dollars.
According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the challenge of sustainable cooling has been described as the “blind spot” in climate action. Yet the latest research suggests that moving to best available technologies (BAT) would reduce cumulative emissions from the sector by 38-60 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) by 2030 and up to 130-260 GtCO2e by 2050.
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