Cool Coalition

🌍 Exciting News! 🚀 The #GlobalCoolingPledge page is LIVE! 📜 Explore national & subnational pledges, endorsed countries, supporters, and guidelines to join the movement for a cooler, sustainable future. 🌿💙 #ClimateActionNow 🚨 💡 Explore Now: https://lnkd.in/g5WjBSmA 🌐 UN Environment Programme COP28 UAE Clean Cooling Collaborative Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)

Join the Clean Cooling Network and University of Birmingham at the webinar "Cooling as Critical Infrastructure to Survive and Thrive - with Dr Tim Fox". Thursday, 22 August 2024 12:00 - 13:00 (BST) Learn more and register now: https://lnkd.in/dVV5Srtn

🎵🎶Summertime and the living is no longer easy 🎵🎶 Record high temperatures are striking, habitual weather patterns are disrupted and we face a frightening prospect of surge in cooling appliances to cope. A coping strategy that may make it worse. Instead we need to adapt by first and foremost ensuring city governments get the resources (knowledge, science, experts, space and money) they need. Second we need to go full frontal on passive cooling particularly through Nature Based Solutions. Third we need finance to flow, and once it does to flow to the right places and for the right purpose. As we enter the last strides towards preparing #NDC3.0 for submission in February 2025, there is a place for heat strategies, for actions of #cities to be embedded, recognized and supported, for measures on cooling to be enacted and for Nature Based Solutions, the all-powerful mitigation and adaptation solution. Heed the call to action of the SG on heat, below : https://lnkd.in/d6SUgc7X #citiesmatter #climatefinance Eleni (Lenio) Myrivili Lily Riahi Sharon Gil C40 Cities ICLEI

🌍 #Indonesia Sets Path for Climate-Friendly #Cooling with National Cooling Action Plan 🌱 On August 6th, 2024, in Bali, the Indonesian government launched its first-ever National Cooling Action Plan (I-NCAP)—a groundbreaking initiative that addresses one of the most significant contributors to global warming. This inter-ministerial effort is set to guide Indonesia towards a #greener, #cooler, and #netzero future.   “The launch of Indonesia’s National Cooling Action Plan marks a crucial step in our commitment to protect our people from #extremeheat with climate-friendly cooling solutions. This National Cooling Action Plan will serve as a systematic and comprehensive framework to realize lower #energy demand and #emissions while improving the resilience of our population and #economic sectors,” stated Dr. Eniya Listiani Dewi, Director General of New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation (EBTKE), Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM).   The I-NCAP focuses on three critical areas: 1. Building space cooling 🏢 2. Food cold chains ❄️ 3. Mobile air conditioning 🚗   Aligned with Indonesia’s enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the plan was developed with support from the United Nations ESCAP, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) within the Cool Coalition framework.   Ms. Ruth Zugman do Coutto, Chief of the Mitigation Branch of the Climate Change Division of UNEP, applauded "Indonesia’s leadership in releasing this plan and encourages continued collaboration among ministries and stakeholders to pursue its implementation and ensure a cooler, more sustainable future for millions of people.” 🌿   Read more on our website: https://lnkd.in/gNrs7D7F #Indonesia #ClimateAction #Sustainability #EnergyEfficiency #Cooling #NetZero #RenewableEnergy #UNEP Kimberly Roseberry

🌟🇮🇳 UNEP India Cooling Program in partnership with IFC - International Finance Corporation has successfully organized a series of roundtables across #Delhi, #Jaipur, and #Mumbai. These events brought together real estate developers and financial institutions to discuss the business case and #financing for passive and #energyefficient #cooling in #healthcare, #commercial, and #residential #construction. 📊 UN Environment Programme and IFC teams presented their initiatives aimed at accelerating financing and enhancing private sector capacity for sustainable cooling in India. Passive cooling is crucial to building resilience against extreme heat. 🔥 As highlighted by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in his Call to Action on Extreme Heat, over the past year (July 2023 to July 2024), we have experienced extreme temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius, leading to more frequent and severe #heatwaves across the Indian subcontinent. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have estimated that "90% of [India] is at extremely cautious or dangerous levels of adversely impacting adaptive livelihood capacity, food grains yield, vector-borne disease spread, and urban sustainability." 🙏 Thank you to all our participants for their enthusiasm! We are grateful to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, IFC, and EDGE Green Buildings India teams for their constructive partnerships that enabled these exciting exchanges. A special thanks to our IFC colleagues Rusmir Musić, Sahil Priyadarshi (Jaiswal), Autif Sayyed and Aafsha Kansal for leading the organization of the roundtables. 🌱 UNEP's India Cooling Program is dedicated to strengthening policies, designing finance mechanisms, and supporting real estate capacity for the rapid adoption of thermal comfort and #passivecooling, while pushing for the smooth implementation of the India Cooling Action Plan. India Cooling Action Plan: https://lnkd.in/g48BYm8G Find out more about our work: https://lnkd.in/eQBZ4APW #SustainableCooling #ClimateAction #IndiaCoolingProgram #UNEP #IFC #ExtremeHeat #ClimateResilience #RealEstate #EnergyEfficiency #Partnerships

🌡️ In his Call to Action on Extreme Heat on 25 July, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted that “unbearable temperatures over 40°C and even 50°C are increasingly frequent in many parts of the world (World Meteorological Organization).” However, "there is deep iniquity in access to #affordable and #efficient #cooling systems globally." As such, "we must respond by massively increasing #access to low-carbon cooling, expand #passivecooling and clean up cooling technologies while boosting their efficiency." A key focus area of #COP29 will be on #finance, with countries expected to agree on a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) to succeed the US$100 billion climate finance goal. Sustainable cooling can be affordable if governments take an integrated "triple strategy" approach - a message that is at the heart of the #GlobalCoolingPledge. 🤝 Commit to the Pledge: https://lnkd.in/g9jEKrXA 🌍 Call to Action: https://lnkd.in/duJnfmew

🌟 Exciting Job Opportunity to Join the UNEP Cool Coalition Team 🌟 Are you passionate about our planet? Want to help address the issue of #extremeheat? The Cool Coalition team is looking for someone to support our outreach and #communication efforts for our catalytic projects on #passivecooling and extreme heat, #coldchain finance, and #NCAPs and #NDCs globally. We are providing equitable access to cooling to protect people against extreme heat. Join the team now: https://lnkd.in/gSJKu-EQ Deadline: 15th August Our website: https://coolcoalition.org/

"The world must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures." — António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General Over the past year, from July 2023 to July 2024, we have faced extreme temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius. In his Call to Action on Extreme Heat, the UN Secretary-General highlighted the need for investment in a "triple strategy": 1. #Passivecooling: Utilizing #nature, climate-sensitive #urbandesign, reflective surfaces, and smart #buildings. 2. Improved #energyefficiency: Enhancing the efficiency of buildings and cooling equipment. 3. Phase-out of climate-warming gases such as methane, black carbon, ozone and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), aligning with the #GlobalCoolingPledge at COP28 UAE. Additionally, he emphasized the importance to "develop and implement comprehensive, risk-informed heat #actionplans (and #cooling plans) that are tailored to #local contexts". Thanks to the collaborative efforts of FAO, International Labour Organization, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), UN Environment Programme, UNESCO, UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), UNICEF, United Nations OCHA, World Health Organization, and World Meteorological Organization, we need a coordinated and integrated approach on #extremeheat for countries and communities, supporting the strengthening of #globalaction on extreme heat. 📄 Find the report here: https://lnkd.in/duJnfmew 🤝 Commit to the Pledge: https://lnkd.in/g9jEKrXA

📅 Save the Date: Upcoming Webinar on Extreme Urban Heat! 📅 Join us on 13 August for an insightful webinar titled "Extreme Urban Heat: Opportunities to Mitigate Risks in Cities." Co-organized by UN Environment Programme's #UrbanShift and WRI’s Urban Development team, this event will feature experts and city officials discussing innovative strategies and solutions to mitigate extreme heat in urban areas. Topics will include: 🌳 #Green #Infrastructure 🏢 #Building Design and #Efficiency 🏘️ Community-Scale Interventions Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn about cutting-edge approaches to make our #cities more resilient to #extremeheat. 👉 Find more information and register here: https://lnkd.in/gTj3i-SR #UrbanHeat #ClimateResilience #SustainableCities #UNEP #UrbanShift #WRI #GreenInfrastructure #UrbanPlanning #Webinar #ExtremeHeat

🌟 Exciting Job Opportunities to join the UNEP team in India! 🌟 The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is seeking 5 talented candidates to join the team and support the delivery of the India Cooling Program under the framework of the Cool Coalition. If you are interested in tackling #extremeheat through #sustainablecooling solutions, check out these roles: 1. Programme Assistant Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/gfeUyp8W 2. Heat Resilient Urban Planning Expert Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/gRnMZbAw 3. Senior Cooling Advisor – Tamil Nadu Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/gZTRPnZY 4. Senior Cooling Advisor – Maharashtra Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/gwinYB5C 5. Communications Expert Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/gwff2jSa Join us in making a significant impact on sustainable cooling solutions and urban resilience in India. Share this post and help us find the right talent! #UNEP #JobOpportunities #Sustainability #CoolCoalition #IndiaCoolingProgram #UrbanPlanning #Communications #ClimateAction