Launch of UNEP’s Global Cooling Watch and announcement of Global Cooling Pledge
At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), the UN Environment Programme will launch the Global Cooling Watch Report – Keeping it chill: How to meet cooling demands while cutting emissions. The report takes a comprehensive view of cooling and trajectories and opportunities to achieve near-zero emissions. It evaluates the mitigation potential and policy actions related to all types of cooling, including stationary applications (residential and non-residential space cooling, cold chains, and process cooling) and transport applications (mobile air-conditioning and refrigerated transport).
The launch of the report precedes the unveiling, later the same day, of a Global Cooling Pledge spearheaded by the COP28 United Arab Emirates Presidency and the UNEP-led Cool Coalition. The voluntary Pledge aims to raise ambition and international cooperation through collective global targets to slash cooling-related emissions. Findings from the Global Cooling Watch have informed the development of the Global Cooling Pledge’s targets.
Date: Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Time: 12:00pm GST / 11:00am EAT / 9:00am CET
Duration: 30 minutes
Venue: Press Conference 1 (Zone B8)
Speakers:
- Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP
- Alfonso Garcia Mora, Regional Vice President, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, International Finance Corporation the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Lily Riahi, Global Coordinator, UNEP-led Cool Coalition
Press Conference Webcast: https://unfccc.int/event/unep-launch-of-global-cooling-pledge-and-global-cooling-watch-report-keeping-it-chill-how-to-meet
To receive the full report and press release under strict embargo ahead of the launch, or to request interviews, please contact Ms. Keisha Rukikaire (rukikaire@un.org) and UNEP News and Media Unit (unep-newsdesk@un.org)