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The #CaaSIncubator call for applications was a huge success! 35 applications from 7 regions. Winners to be announced next week.
Read our press release: https://bit.ly/2V8Q9w4
🌏 2020 is the year of ambition 🌍
At #COP26 the world must commit to protecting and restoring the natural habitats and ecosystems on which our climate, air, water and way of life depend.
@UKGovScotland | #ClimateAction | #YoCA2020
#Throwback to the #2050Today event we hosted in 2018! We will be hosting another one this April with the focus on accelerating emerging strategies that will help us get to #netzero emission by mid-century.
Metro Cash and Carry Japan, a division of German retailer @METRO_News, has reduced its electricity use by close to 60% by replacing 200 HFC display cases. Story via @hydrocarbons21 http://hydrocarbons21.com/articles/9368 #cooling #HFCs #refrigeration
Speaking about the benefits of solar-reflective ‘cool’ roofs, a representative from @sanedi_gov said "the whitening of 100 m2 of grey roofing cancels the warming effect of 10 tons of CO2 emissions." #solarenergy #carbonfootprint http://bit.ly/38FGWz4
2020
K-CEP launches new facility to help governments scale up climate-friendly cooling solutions ahead of COP26. January 27, 2020.
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