Publication Type
Report
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
11-2025
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Cooling, heat, climate change, sustainable cooling, greenhouse gas emission
Discipline
Environmental Sciences | Physical and Environmental Geography
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Areas of Excellence
Sustainability
First Page
1
Last Page
86
ISBN
9789280742411
Identifier
10.59117/20.500.11822/48926
Publisher
United Nations Environment Programme
City or Country
New York
Embargo Period
11-13-2025
Citation
Abdelaziz, Omar; GLUCKMAN, Ray; HAMILTON, Ian; KHOSLA, Radhika; and RIAHI, Lily.
Global Cooling Watch 2025. (2025). 1-86.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/383
Copyright Owner and License
Publisher
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/48926