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Cooler Finance: Mobilizing Investment for the Developing World’s Sustainable Cooling Needs

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dc.contributor.authorInternational Finance Corporation
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-27T19:56:29Z
dc.date.available2024-09-27T19:56:29Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-27
dc.description.abstractRising global temperatures mean demand for cooling in homes, workplaces, and across supply chains is accelerating, particularly in developing economies where the impact of extreme heat is already being felt most acutely. Heat-related deaths are running at an annual average close to 500,000 globally, highlighting the urgency of boosting access to cooling. As well as averting fatal outcomes, ensuring populations have access to cooling – for human comfort as well as preserving perishable goods – means workers are more productive, farmers can deliver produce to market before it spoils and healthcare services can provide lifesaving vaccines. But more intensive use of refrigeration and air conditioning could trigger surges in energy demand, putting stress on power grids and potentially generating higher greenhouse gas emissions that fuel yet more warming. That means new cooling solutions must be sustainable, based on energy efficient technology and maximizing reliance on so called passive strategies, such as making use of shade, or building with reflective materials. These come at a cost, however, with passive design as well as new and efficient equipment for space cooling and refrigeration beyond the reach of many firms and households in developing countries. But effective interventions by governments, multilateral institutions, and donor organizations could make the financing and provision of sustainable cooling solutions in developing economies an attractive opportunity for private investors. A new analysis from IFC and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) finds that the market for sustainable cooling in developing economies is set to more than double over the next 25 years from around $300 billion in annual demand currently. That means the business opportunity for investors will amount to at least $600 billion in annual demand by 2050, most of which will be attributed to active cooling. The study also finds that adopting sustainable cooling solutions, as opposed to inefficient equipment that uses more power, could cut emerging economy consumers’ electricity bills by as much as $5.6 trillion over the next 25 years. It will also reduce the amount of new investment needed in additional power generation to meet peak electricity demand by $1.8 trillion.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099551509262413283/IDU1ecda3db0107e6148ec186fb1f47df38d81c4
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42208
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42208
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE FINANCE
dc.subjectEXTREME TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectPOWER AND ELECTRICITY SECTOR
dc.subjectAFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
dc.subjectSDG 7
dc.subjectCLIMATE ACTION
dc.subjectSDG 13
dc.titleCooler Financeen
dc.title.subtitleMobilizing Investment for the Developing World’s Sustainable Cooling Needsen
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okr.crossref.titleCooler Finance: Mobilizing Investment for the Developing World’s Sustainable Cooling Needs
okr.date.disclosure2024-09-26
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-23T02:23:31.043893Z
okr.date.lastmodified2024-09-26T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Environmental Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099551509262413283/IDU1ecda3db0107e6148ec186fb1f47df38d81c4
okr.guid099551509262413283
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-ecda3db0-07e6-48ec-86fb-f47df38d81c4
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42208
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34395761
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34395761
okr.identifier.report193276
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okr.topicEnergy::Energy Conservation & Efficiency
okr.topicEnergy::Electric Power
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Environment
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Impacts
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