As initiative of the United Arab Emirates, host of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), the Pledge is one of nine non-negotiated declarations, pledges, and charters that constitute key outcomes for the COP28 Presidential Action Agenda.
The Global Cooling Pledge provides an opportunity to commit to sustainable cooling with concrete actions. It aims to raise ambition and international cooperation through collective global targets to: 1) Reduce cooling related emissions by 68% from today by 2050; 2) Significantly increase access to sustainable cooling by 2030; 3) Increase the global average efficiency of new air conditioners by 50%. The emission targets draw on the modelling from the UNEP Cool Coalition report Global Cooling Watch 2023 Keeping it Chill: How to meet cooling demands while cutting emissions.
Commit to work together with the aim of reducing cooling-related emissions across all sectors by at least 68% globally relative to 2022 levels by 2050, consistent with limiting global average temperature rise to 1.5°C and in line with reaching global net-zero emissions targets with significant progress and expansion of access to sustainable cooling by 2030
Net zero target
Cut cooling-related emissions at least 68% below 2022 levels by 2050
Emission reduction target
Ratifying the Kigali Amendment by 2024
Other target
Raising the global average efficiency of new air conditioners by 50% by 2030 from a 2022 installed baseline
Other target
Publishing a national cooling action plan, considering cooling when publishing a national action plan, or publishing a regulation or equivalent by 2026
