We scale up clean cooling solutions.
Clean Cooling Collaborative (formerly K-CEP) is an initiative of ClimateWorks Foundation focused on transforming the cooling sector and making efficient, climate-friendly cooling for all a reality.
About us
Working collaboratively with our funding and implementing partners, we've supported gigaton-scale emissions reductions and improved access to clean cooling.
In 2021, we refreshed our strategy and updated our name to reflect our revised scope of work. As the Clean Cooling Collaborative, we will continue to build on our past efforts to place cooling on the global agenda by catalyzing organizations, companies, and governments to bring efficient, climate-friendly cooling policies, financing, and technology solutions to the world.
Our program team
Under the governance of its Funder Advisory Committee, the Clean Cooling Collaborative team sets the strategic framework of the program, oversees investment in cooling interventions, manages programmatic partnerships, and tracks progress against an established results framework.
The team aims to help partners maximize the climate and equity benefits of efficient, climate-friendly cooling.
Noah Horowitz
Noah is the senior director of the Clean Cooling Collaborative with deep expertise in sustainable energy. Noah has worked at the state, federal and international levels on building and equipment energy efficiency. Previously, Noah was a senior scientist at NRDC and co-authored model air conditioner efficiency regulations used by the United Nations Environmental Program globally. He holds a master’s in Environmental Engineering and a BS in Chemical Engineering.
Sneha Sachar
Sneha is a cooling strategist and associate director for the Clean Cooling Collaborative. Sneha has worked at the nexus of built environment, energy efficiency, and sustainability for over 20 years. She brings deep knowledge of the cooling sector, a focus on emerging economies, and consulting experience for non-profits. Sneha holds a master’s from the University of South Carolina.
Axum Teferra
Axum is the senior associate director of the Clean Cooling Collaborative. She brings over fifteen years of experience in climate and energy policy and strategic planning. Previously, Axum worked on strategies to decarbonize the building sector, advised cities on clean heating and cooling solutions, and led electrification programs in state and regional governments. She holds a master’s from Tufts University.
Implementing partners (2021-present)
You can find a complete list of our previous implementing partners here.
Funding partners
Through the generous support of our current and previous funding partners, we have advanced our mission to make efficient, climate-friendly cooling accessible to all.
You can find a complete list of our original funding partners here.
Our history and impact
In 2016, leading climate foundations collaborated ahead of the Montreal Protocol meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, pledging more than $50 million and creating the largest-ever fund for action on efficient, climate-friendly cooling. The following spring, the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP) was born and charged with strategically programming interventions for the funds under a directive to advance appliance efficiency reforms alongside efforts to support the implementation of the new global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Kigali Amendment.
Since then, and with the support of our implementing and funding partners, we have secured sizable greenhouse gas emissions reductions and helped place cooling on the global agenda.
Read our 2017-2021 impact report to find out how we created a lasting and meaningful impact to ensure efficient, climate-friendly cooling for all.