What is the News ?

The United Arab Emirates is leading the Global Cooling Pledge alongside the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Cool Coalition during the COP28 Presidency.

Facts About:

• The Global Cool Coalition is a unified front that connects action across the Kigali Amendment, Paris Agreement, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• The aim is to increase aspiration, find solutions, and mobilize action to hasten the transition to clean and effective cooling.
• In addition to the UN, the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) all support it.
• It is composed of leaders from civil society, academia, and government from countries like Chile, Rwanda, and Denmark.

Why is it necessary?

• 2020 was the hottest year on record for the entire planet, after 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2015.
• By 2050, there will be 4.5 billion air conditioning units installed worldwide as a result of rising incomes and urbanization; India may account for one billion of those units.
• India's cooling demand will more than double in the next 20 years, with air conditioners alone consuming more than half of the total energy required for cooling in the country by 2037-38.
• The Union Environment Ministry in India has already launched a national cooling action plan on March 8, 2019.