2024 Summer Residential Cooling Outlook

The financial burden to families of keeping cool this summer will increase by 7.9% across the U.S., according to projections from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) and the Center for Energy Poverty, and Climate (CEPC).

Global Cooling Watch 2023

Keeping it Chill: How to meet cooling demands while cutting emissions

The Global Cooling Watch report demonstrates the potential and the pathways to achieve near-zero emissions from cooling. Using a model created specifically for this report, the report presents pathways to reach near-zero emissions in the key cooling sectors. It calls for countries to pursue policies and strategies that greatly reduce cooling-related emissions and advance sustainable cooling for all.

The report — Keeping it Chill: How to meet cooling demands while cutting emissions — lays out sustainable cooling measures in three areas: passive cooling, higher energy efficiency standards, and an accelerated phase-down of climate-warming HFC refrigerants.

It was released by the UN Environment Programme-led Cool Coalition in support of the Global Cooling Pledge, a joint initiative between the United Arab Emirates as host of COP28 and the Cool Coalition.

The report was funded by the Danish International Development Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, CONCITO, and the Clean Cooling Collaborative.

Net Zero Heroes

CLASP’s Net Zero Heroes report illustrates the opportunities and efficiency targets ten key appliances can have in the fight against the climate crisis.

Using Finance to Accelerate Adoption of More Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Appliances

Insights from Ghana, Senegal, and Rwanda

This report showcases the lessons learned from three market-based financing mechanisms developed to facilitate consumer purchases of energy-efficient and climate-friendly refrigerators and air conditioners in lieu of outdated appliances. It also provides comprehensive guidelines for stakeholders involved in similar financing mechanisms for energy-efficient and climate-friendly appliances.

The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners (ECOFRIDGES) initiative in Ghana and Senegal, and the Rwanda Cooling Initiative (R-COOL) have been instrumental in promoting energy-efficient and climate-friendly appliances in these markets. These initiatives, supported by the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative, the respective governments, and with assistance from the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy (BASE), have implemented financing mechanisms that are central to their success over the course of several years.

The projects were made possible through grants from Clean Cooling Collaborative.