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The Pledge also calls on support to the “Efficient Cooling Initiative of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and related initiatives”. With this pledge, countries agree to undertake ambitious measures such as the development of national cooling plans, the use of energy performance standards (MEPS) and labelling, the promotion of the use of good servicing practices, the use of state’s bulk purchasing power and relevant measures, to facilitate market access for highly efficient and affordable cooling technologies with low-or-zero global warming potential, to encourage private sector involvement, and to call on support from financial institutions and funds to mobilize additional funding for activities beyond those covered by the Montreal Protocol and Kigali Amendment.

A 30 per cent improvement in the energy efficiency of room air conditioners can save enough energy to avoid building up to 2,500 500MW peak power plants by 2050. The Biarritz Pledge for Fast Action on Efficient Cooling aims to transform the global cooling sector and lower emissions by coordinating efforts to improve the energy efficiency of air conditioners and other cooling equipment, in parallel to the phase down of HFCs, thus maximizing the climate benefits of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

He concluded by saying “This mobilization will begin in the G7 and India's engagement with us is essential in this regard” and invited other countries to join these efforts. He announced the launch of the “mobilization of all States, and a work of expertise to engage our economies in the reduction of these industries and gases”. This is why France, in the context of the G7 Presidency, has given very high visibility to the need for energy efficiency improvements in the cooling sector, first, through the Efficient Cooling Initiative, launched at the G7 Environment Ministers’ meeting and co-led by Japan, France, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD), and now with the Biarritz Pledge for Fast Action on Efficient Cooling that was initiated at the G7 Summit.ĭuring his press conference with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President, Emmanuel Macron, highlighted the “efforts to promote cleaner and more efficient cooling systems to support the Kigali amendment on HFCs”. The increased emissions from more energy production will impact air quality and add to the climate crisis. Energy use from refrigeration and cooling is expected to rise by 90 per cent from 2017 levels by 2050, resulting in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to a third of all current emissions. In a significant win for climate action and air quality, several countries attending the G7 meeting in Biarritz, France, pledged to take immediate steps to improve energy efficiency in the cooling sector while phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)- commonly used refrigerants that have a global warming potential thousands of times that of carbon dioxide.Įfficient, clean cooling for all underpins many Sustainable Development Goals and represents an opportunity to avoid substantial climate and air pollutant emissions.Įmissions from cooling are set to be one of the fastest growing as incomes in developing countries rise, temperatures increase and global cooling demand soars.