Chilling Prospects Special

The analysis examines the risks associated with cooling access for rural and urban poor populations, projecting that 1.22 billion people could remain at high risk by 2030 without intervention. It highlights that achieving goals for poverty eradication and energy access could protect nearly half a billion people in high-impact countries, while emphasizing the need for sustainable, energy-efficient cooling to prevent a surge in greenhouse gas emissions as demand grows.

• If current trends persist, as many as 1.22 billion people in rural and urban poor areas may still face a high risk of lacking access to cooling solutions by 2030.
• The achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7.1 (universal energy access) and SDG 1.1 (eradication of extreme poverty) by 2030 has the potential to remove nearly 500 million people from the high-risk category within high-impact countries.
• Even with progress, significant populations will remain at risk by 2030: over 2 billion lower-middle-income individuals at medium risk and 1.37 billion middle-income individuals at low risk.
• Cooling demand is rising rapidly, with space cooling accounting for approximately 2,000 TWh of electricity demand in 2021, representing nearly 16% of the building sector's total electricity use.
• The global market for residential refrigerators could triple to USD 14.3 billion by 2030, while industrial and transport refrigeration sales may grow by up to 5% annually.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2022). Chilling Prospects Special. https://www.seforall.org/our-work/research-analysis/chilling-prospects-series/chilling-prospects-2022-special

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. Chilling Prospects Special. 2022. https://www.seforall.org/our-work/research-analysis/chilling-prospects-series/chilling-prospects-2022-special.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2022chilling, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{Chilling Prospects Special}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://www.seforall.org/our-work/research-analysis/chilling-prospects-series/chilling-prospects-2022-special}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }