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T1 Global Cooling Watch 2025: The Free Degrees - Key Messages
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 climate change
K1 greenhouse gas emission
K1 cooling
K1 climate change adaptation
YR 2025
FD 2025-11
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48927
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48927
NO This key messages document summarizes the comprehensive assessment of surging heat, soaring cooling demand, and stark inequalities in access. Produced by the United Nations Environment Programme-led Cool Coalition, this second edition builds on the framework established in the first 2023 report. The document evaluates a sustainable cooling pathway combining passive cooling, low-energy solutions, high-efficiency equipment, and refrigerant phase-downs. Key findings demonstrate that business-as-usual demands will triple energy loads by mid-century, whereas this updated, deeper analysis of hybrid systems proves that integrated strategies can slash emissions by nearly one hundred per cent when paired with grid decarbonisation.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026