Sustainable cooling provides huge opportunities to reduce energy consumption and emissions: meeting future cooling needs sustainably could cut 8 years’ of global emissions and reduce the costs of the renewable energy build out by $3.5tn by 2030. To get there, we need policies and regulations to foster efficiency in appliances and buildings, long-term comprehensive planning, financial mechanisms and global collaboration to enable mass deployment of best practices and innovative solutions. If we get it right, sustainable cooling can advance the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the SDGs and the Montreal Protocol’s Kigali Amendment. This session will bring together government representatives, CEOs and global experts to showcase best practices to date, including the ambitious efforts ongoing in India, and to raise the profile of sustainable cooling, at CEM and beyond, as a key piece of the puzzle in the energy transition and achievement of sustainable development.
