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Recent news about scorching heat waves across the globe have thrown the severity of rising temperatures into sharp relief. Records were broken around the world – from London to Delhi, which experienced its highest temperature of 49°C in May this year.
These unprecedented temperatures are not an anomaly. A study revealed that human-induced climate change has made the deadly 2022 heatwaves in South Asia 30 times more likely. As the climate crisis remains unresolved, the rising heat is only going to become the new normal.
But cooling must not continue on a business-as-usual basis, says Lily Riahi, coordinator of the Cool Coalition. Established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – which focuses on global environment issues – Cool Coalition aims to bring governments, cities, and civil society together to advance climate-friendly cooling.
GGGI is also collaborating with UNEP and Viet Nam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on a sustainable urban cooling project, Ta says. It aims to develop urban cooling action plans for three pilot cities, unlock financial instruments to fund cooling solutions, and improve urban design and district cooling solutions.
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