RT Report
T1 Global Cooling Watch 2025: The Free Degrees
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Abdelaziz, Omar
A2 Gluckman, Ray
A2 Hamilton, Ian
A2 Khosla, Radhika
A2 Riahi, Lily
K1 climate change
K1 greenhouse gas emission
K1 cooling
K1 climate change adaptation
SN 978-92-807-4241-1
YR 2025
FD 2025-11
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48926
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48926
NO The second edition of UNEP’s Global Cooling Watch Report takes a deep dive into one of the decade’s most urgent challenges: surging heat, soaring cooling demand, and stark inequalities in access. Produced by the UNEP-led Cool Coalition, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of the rapidly growing global demand for cooling and the need for climate-friendly solutions to the issue. The 2025 report builds on the first Global Cooling Watch (2023), which established the Sustainable Cooling Pathway framework. The new edition deepens analysis of intensifying extreme heat and its effect on cooling demand, improved assessment of passive cooling, and coverage of low-energy and hybrid systems that reduce power use while maintaining comfort.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 23, 2026