Cool Coalition

U.S. subnational and private sector leaders came together in Belem to engage and partner on climate action. Three different panels held robust conversations discussing ways they are all advancing projects and policies, and how to expand public-private partnerships and make the necessary investments in everything from energy efficiency, battery storage, renewables, and nuclear. The U.S. delegation was strong, diverse, and is very much still committed to the energy transition and the work ahead. Read the takeaways: https://lnkd.in/eXa2Z. Panelists included Helen Walter-Terrinoni (Trane Technologies), Sandy Grace (National Grid), Bob Hinkle (Metrus Energy), Anica Landreneau, LEED Fellow (HOK), Sophie Miremadi (AVEVA), Christina Snider-Ashtari (Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom), Commissioner Sam Cho (Port of Seattle), Commissioner Alice Reynolds (California Public Utilities Commission), Deputy Director Alexa Voytek (Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation), and Rep. Andrea Romero of New Mexico. Moderators were Kate Zyla (Georgetown Climate Center), Amy Holm (The Climate Registry), and Liz Beardsley (U.S. Green Building Council).

🌀𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻🪭 This #COP30 #BuildingsCoolingPavilion session examined strategies to deliver #sustainablecooling and comfort amid growing demand, while reducing environmental impact. The high-level panel spoke on the critical role of Minimum Energy Performance Standards #MEPS, and discussed practical approaches to harmonizing standards across regions. 🙏Thank you to our speakers: • Hongpeng Lei, Chief of the Mitigation Branch, Climate Change Division, UN Environment Programme • PROF., ABDULLAHI MUSTAPHA, DG and CEO of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) • Takahiro Asahi, Manager, External Relations, Daikin Industries, Ltd. • Patrick Blake, Climate and Energy Manager, United for Efficiency, UNEP • Sophie Attali, Energy Efficiency Policy Analyst, International Energy Agency (IEA) • Bob Hinkle, CEO, Metrus Energy • Miki Yamanaka, Sr. Manager, CSR & Global Environment Center, Daikin Industries • Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Climate Change and Air Quality, TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute • Rizky Aditya Putra, Programme Manager of Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition, ASEAN Centre for Energy 🙏 And to our moderator Hubert Zan, Assistant Manager, Energy Efficiency Regulation, Renewables and Energy Efficiency Directorate, Energy Commission ➤ Learn more about the event: https://lnkd.in/dmD_nGuw ➤ Watch the recording: https://lnkd.in/dVxPsj5Y #CoolBuiltFuture #ActOnCooling #CoolCoalition #GlobalCoolingPledge #ClimateAction #Agenda2030

Honoured to have co-authored this report on extreme heat and sustainable cooling

📣The UN Environment Programme #CoolCoalition is proud to welcome 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿 to the #GlobalCoolingPledge🎉 During the #COP30 Cooling Ministerial, Madagascar announced its endorsement of the Pledge, making it the 7️⃣3️⃣rd country to commit to reducing cooling-related emissions by 68% by 2050, while also expanding equitable access to #sustainablecooling. Situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, Madagascar faces a tropical climate with increasing #extremeheat events and rising vulnerability to climate shocks, making cooling an infrastructural necessity. 🙏Sincere thanks🙏 to Alain Basambany, Minister of Youth and Sports, Madagascar, who made the announcement at the Cooling Ministerial. ❄️More on the Pledge and how to join: https://lnkd.in/g5WjBSmA ❄️More on the COP30 Cooling Ministerial: https://lnkd.in/ejGZCxKJ #Madagascar #BeatTheHeat #CoolMovesOnly #ActOnCooling #ClimateActionNow #Agenda2030

🧊 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗗𝗖𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🛠️ At the #COP30 #BuildingsCoolingPavilion, this key session convened public officials and partners to explore: ✔️How cooling strategies are being integrated into updated #NDCs across Africa and Asia ✔️Experiences from Cambodia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Somalia, and Nigeria in developing and implementing National Cooling Action Plans #NCAPs ✔️Challenges and enabling factors for aligning cooling with national climate goals ✔️Insights from the new NDC Cooling Guide and regional adaptation of NCAP methodologies (e.g. in MENA) ✔️Private sector and international collaboration for #sustainablecooling 🙏 Many thanks to our speakers: • Lido Lun, Chief of Policy and Coordination, Department of Climate Change, Cambodia • Kennedy Matheka, Ministry of Public Works and Urban Development, Kenya • Dr. Abdullahi Khalif, NDC Partnership, Somalia • Uboho Ekpo, National Council on Climate Change, Nigeria • Dr. Zoheir Hamedi, Executive Director, Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) • Amanda McKee, Director for Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership • Scott Tew, Global Head and VP, Sustainability Strategy, Trane Technologies 🙏 As well as to our moderator Niklas Hagelberg, Senior Programme Coordinator, Climate Change Division, UN Environment Programme ➤ Learn more about the event: https://lnkd.in/dQawEnHp ➤ Read the NDC Cooling Guidelines: https://lnkd.in/d8_-C8Kw ➤ Watch the #CoolCoalition PSA video on integrating cooling in NDCs 3.0: https://lnkd.in/dSSxQWcF #CoolerNDCs #SaferFutures🛡️ #CoolBuiltFuture #ActOnCooling #GlobalCoolingPledge #ClimateAction #Agenda2030

🤝#COP30 is the #implementationCOP🤝 On 15 November, the UN Environment Programme #CoolCoalition and the Government of Italy launched 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 to identify market-ready #sustainablecooling technologies, demonstrate their impact through targeted pilots, and generate the evidence needed to inform policy and guide future investment. EPIC Deploy, together with the technical assistance facility 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, form the Enabling Pledge Implementation for Cooling #EPIC Facility to accelerate implementation of the #GlobalCoolingPledge, the world’s first collective commitment to reducing cooling-related emissions by 68% by 2050, while also expanding equitable access to cooling. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀: 🔹H.E. Alessandro Guerri, Director General, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, Italy 🔹H.E. Adalberto Maluf, Vice Minister at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil 🔹Dr Mario Motta, Rector’s Delegate on Energy Transition, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano di Milano  🔹Baccari Nafâa, Director General, National Agency for Energy Management, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Minds, Tunisia 🔹Simret Terefe, Environment and Climate Change Policy Lead, Ethiopia 🔹Hubert Zan, Lead Negotiator Mitigation and Energy Transition, Energy Commission 🔹Uboho Ekpo, Principal Scientific Officer, National Council on Climate Change, Nigeria   🔹Katsuyuki Sawai, Senior Executive Officer, Daikin Industries, Ltd. 🎙️𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 Hongpeng Lei, Chief of Mitigation Branch, UNEP Thanks to Italy's industrial leadership, EPIC Deploy will drive sustainable cooling technologies across up to 10 partner countries, including Brazil, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco Nigeria, Tunisia, and Viet Nam. Initial focus will be placed on #coldchains, particularly for ports and centralized cooling systems in health facilities, with potential expansion to schools in a second phase. Find out more about the event➡️ https://lnkd.in/dA4MnPve Dive into EPIC➡️ https://lnkd.in/dURiccQ5 #GreenEconomy #ActOnCooling #EnergyEfficiency #ClimateAction #Agenda2030

UN Environment Programme Chief of the Adaptation and Resilience Branch Mirey Atallah spoke to We Don't Have Time's Nicholas (Nick) Nuttall on how affordable, efficient, and sustainable heating & cooling can be scaled to keep homes temperate and protect vulnerable populations from #extremeheat In the live broadcast from COP30 Brazil, Mirey was joined by 🔸Eric Piolle, Mayor of Grenoble 🔸Waltraud Schmid, Head of Energy Department, UIV Urban Innovation Vienna 🔸Florian Bonert Co-founder & CEO, ShiftUp 🔸Prof. Dr. Diana Pretzell, Deputy Mayor of Mannheim 📺Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/eGZie6r6 #CoolCoalition #GlobalCoolingPledge #BeatTheHeat #CoolMovesOnly #ClimateAction #EnergyEfficiency #COP30 #Agenda2030

#DYK 𝙵𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎❓ At the COP30 Brazil in Belém, the UN Environment Programme and partners launched the Food Waste Breakthrough to halve global #foodwaste by 2030, slash methane emissions by up to 7%, and fight hunger. Food waste contributes up to 10% of global GHG emissions and is a major source of the methane climate pollutant. Tackling it is one of the fastest ways to reduce warming. But here’s the catch: much of this food loss happens due to inadequate #coldchain infrastructure, especially in developing countries. From farm to market, food spoils without reliable refrigeration, costing livelihoods and nutrition. The #CoolCoalition champions solutions that integrate #sustainablecooling systems into urban food systems and supply chains, essential for reducing loss, maintaining nutrition, and preserving biodiversity. With $3 million in catalytic funding from the Global Environment Facility, this Breakthrough will: ✅Support food waste prevention at national and city levels ✅Mobilize $5M for local innovations ✅Promote scalable cold chain solutions for resilient, equitable cities City champions like Milan, Bangkok, and Rio de Janeiro are showing what’s possible. It’s time to make cooling part of every city’s climate and food strategy. Find out more👉 https://lnkd.in/eAbGN-ar See the photos👉 https://lnkd.in/dSTPkP8u Spread the word👉 https://lnkd.in/dzCm6H-Z #FoodSystems #ClimateAction #COP30 #SDGs

📢 The Belém Communiqué is a turning point in the global effort to close the #CoolingGap🌡️ Signed at #COP30, it affirms a shared commitment to scale #sustainablecooling, protect lives, and build a climate-resilient future. #GlobalCoolingPledge #CoolCoalition #ClimateAction #BeatTheHeat #CoolMovesOnly

When we first started raising awareness about #cooling, we remarked that it is not a luxury. Now we go a step further, insisting that the right to cool the people and the planet, keeping medicine and food viable, people healthy and productive, and ecosystems thriving, is right up there with the need for clean water and sanitation. 💊🥦💼 A real-life necessity. #CoolerNDCs #SaferFutures🛡️ #BeatTheHeat #CoolMovesOnly #CoolCoalition #GlobalCoolingPledge #ClimateActionNow