UNEP launched the NDC Cooling Guidelines 2025:
The UNEP launched the NDC Cooling Guidelines 2025 to help countries integrate sustainable cooling into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), addressing rising emissions and heat-related vulnerabilities.
UNEP launched the NDC Cooling Guidelines 2025:
- A global framework offering countries a structured process to include cooling measures in climate plans (NDCs) to balance mitigation, adaptation, and development goals.
- Developed by: UNEP Cool Coalition NDC Working Group with partners like UNDP.
- Objectives:
- Integrate sustainable cooling in NDCs.
- Cut sector emissions by 60% by 2050.
- Improve access to life-saving cooling for 1.1 billion people.
- Strengthen MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) for cooling measures.
- Align with Kigali Amendment and Global Cooling Pledge.
- Data & Stats from the Report:
- Cooling = 7% of global GHG emissions today and could exceed 10% by 2050.
- 1.1 billion people lack access to cooling, risking lives, food security, and health.
- Cooling uses 20% of building electricity worldwide and over 50% in UAE buildings.
- By doubling appliance efficiency, cooling access can grow 6 times without proportional rise in emissions.
