Guidance on Incorporating Efficient, Clean Cooling into the Enhancement of Nationally Determined Contributions

This guidance note is intended to support policymakers in considering the role of efficient, clean cooling in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of the 2020 round of NDC revisions. Efficient, clean cooling is an area where mitigation potential is not yet fully realized, which could be used to enhance the overall mitigation ambition of NDCs, and/or to strengthen specific implementation strategies. Many countries have already included cooling (such as space cooling and refrigeration) in their original NDCs, and this note is intended to support those countries to strengthen these existing cooling actions, as well as to support countries that wish to include efficient, clean cooling for the first time.