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Great article about LA's search for #cooling solutions! Featuring K-CEP partner Kurt Schickman @GlobalCoolCity
Cooling goo sidewalks and other strange new weapons in the war on urban heat https://t.co/SQ2rozduCM
Great blog from @mrdanhg, ED of @Kigali_Cooling, on taking lessons from history to keep ourselves cool in a way that works well with nature and our planet, not against it. #Cooling #ClimateSummit2019
https://t.co/wf6JnBrSQu
@WBG_Climate @Ashden_org @SEforALLorg
Hundreds of Asda supermarket stores will help power the UK's electricity system this winter by using their fridges as a virtual battery pack for the energy grid. https://t.co/brpymMAaNk
Great article by @mrdanhg on the need to fix #cooling to slow down global warming. #ClimateActionNow @Kigali_Cooling https://t.co/s8MyjfewLg
Meet the winners of the 2019 @Ashden_org Award for Cooling by Nature! Great story of how this city in Colombia is keeping things cool in the face of rising temperatures. #ClimateAction @Kigali_Cooling
https://t.co/TFA04BwZoA
2019
Global Million Cool Roofs Challenge Launched
2018
Global Cooling Access Gap Takes Center Stage at UN High-Level Political Forum. By Peyton Fleming, Lead Writer, Sustainable Energy for All. 24 July 2018.
Hotter years ‘mean lower exam results’
2017
Europe Braces for Massive F-Gas Cuts in 2018
Catherine Witherspoon, ClimateWorks Foundation, December 2017
Unfinished Business on the Montreal Protocol
Catherine Witherspoon, ClimateWorks Foundation, October 2017
In Sweltering South, Climate Change Is Now a Workplace Hazard
The New York Times, August 3, 2017
Air Conditioning Is a Lifesaver. It’s Also a Potential Disaster.
By Rachel Kyte
Time, August 2, 2017
Cool roofs: beating the midday sun with a slap of white paint
The Guardian, April 12, 2017
Hot apartments: ‘If we need air conditioning, we’ve designed it wrong’
The Guardian, April 9, 2017
The Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program: An exciting new philanthropic initiative makes its debut.
Charlotte Pera, President and CEO of ClimateWorks Foundation, April 5, 2017
Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program Formally Kicks Off with $52 Million in Philanthropic Commitments
The Wyss Foundation
Extreme Heat Threat Rises for Megacities
Climate News Network, April 3, 2017
Do energy efficiency standards hurt consumers? (No, they reduce price, increase quality, and drive innovation in manufacturing.)
The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate, March 2017
2016
Philanthropic Community Applauds Montreal Protocol Amendment to Phase Out Potent Greenhouse Gas, Prepares to Distribute $53 Million for Energy Efficiency in Cooling
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, October 17, 2016
Leaders from 100+ Countries Call for Ambitious Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to Phase Down HFCs and Donors Announce Intent to Provide $80 Million of Support
The White House, September 22, 2016
100 Countries Push to Phase Out Potentially Disastrous Greenhouse Gas
The Guardian, September 22, 2016
The world is about to install 700 million air conditioners. Here’s what that means for the climate
The Washington Post, May 31, 2016