Keeping it Cool: International Efforts to Reduce Emissions from Refrigerants

A live webcast will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast.

Seventy-one countries, including the United States, are part of the Global Cooling Pledge, a commitment initiated at the 2023 U.N. climate summit (COP28) to address the greenhouse gas emissions associated with refrigerators and air conditioning. Join the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) for a briefing that explores the imperative of reducing these emissions, especially the superpollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), while also ensuring that people are kept safe from the impacts of extreme heat. The Global Cooling Pledge calls for a 68% reduction in emissions by 2050, increased availability of and access to sustainable cooling solutions by 2030, and increased energy efficiency of air conditioners. 

This briefing will explore progress made towards these goals—from nature-based and passive cooling to low global warming potential refrigerant technologies. Panelists will also discuss the Senate-ratified Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which is phasing down HFCs. The briefing will leave policymakers with takeaways on what to expect at COP30 related to sustainable cooling and extreme heat as well as the economic and public health benefits of addressing refrigerant emissions domestically.

View the full briefing series at eesi.org/cop30-briefings.

Panelists to be announced. 

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