A National Cooling Plan (NCP) is a roadmap that sets out sustainable cooling strategies for a country. This can include plans for protecting vulnerable groups from the heat, policies to reduce the climate impact of cooling appliances, and initiatives to increase access to efficient, climate-friendly, and affordable cooling solutions.

This brief provides high-level guiding principles for countries to draw on when considering their development of NCPs (also known as Cooling Action Plans, or roadmaps). It draws on our NCP work in over 25 countries.