Data and evidence are crucial to understanding our progress towards achieving Cooling for All. Here you will find a selection of resources by sector, region and knowledge type to help you understand major cooling issues and solutions.
Cooling needs and data
Chilling Prospects: Global Access to Cooling Gaps 2023
Chilling Prospects Special: Gender and Access to Cooling
Chilling Prospects 2022 Special: Delivering Cooling for All, SDG7 and Climate Action
Chilling Prospects 2022: Urban land-use and heat analysis in major cities of the Critical 9 countries
Status of the Global Food Cold-Chain: Summary Briefing
Cool Coalition, 2021
Chilling Prospects: Access to Cooling Indicators
Rural Cooling Needs Assessment towards Designing Community Cooling Hubs: Case Studies from Maharashtra, India
Sustainability, May 2021
Cooling for All Needs Assessment Methodology
Heriot-Watt University, 2020
Cooling for All Needs Assessment
Current and Projected Cooling Demand
Cooling for All - Policy Review
Cooling for All Primer
The Future of Cooling
IEA, 2018
The Clean Cooling Landscape Assessment
University of Birmingham, 2018
Background Documents - Cooling Solutions for Buildings
SEforALL, 2018
Background Documents - Cooling Solutions for Urban Environments
SEforALL, 2018
Cooling solutions and opportunities
Not Passing on Passive Cooling
Cool Coalition, KCEP, SEforALL, CEA Consulting, 2021
Pathway to Net-Zero Cooling Product List
EIA, 2021
Take action with the This Is Cool campaign
Sustainable cooling solutions
Primer For Cool Cities — Passive Cooling Solutions And How To Implement Them
Global Cool Cities Alliance, 2020
Better Design for Cool Buildings
PEEB, 2020
Solving the Global Cooling Challenge
Rocky Mountain Institute, 2018
Coordinating Finance for Sustainable Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
GIZ, 2018
Cooling Solutions for Buildings
Cooling Solutions for Urban Environments
Cooling Solutions for Cold Chains