The Covid-19 pandemic, with its lockdowns and health emergencies, has affected demand for cooling in different applications: cooling in buildings, domestic refrigeration of food and drinks, cold chains, medical necessities, data centers.

There is a pressing need to boost new sustainable solutions for cooling, that take into consideration climate impacts, contributing to more ambitious climate efforts, and opportunities for a green and sustainable recovery from the global pandemic. Proper policies should be developed and put in place so as to optimize the use of energy and resources, as well as addressing building design and use of construction material , and tackling  challenges that prevent the private sector from investing on clean and sustainable building is crucial for the transformative change.

The virtual event will:

1.    Showcase viable business models and climate-friendly technology solutions for active and passive cooling systems in building, including the use of indigenous and local knowledge and techniques

2.    Discuss success factors, lessons learned and challenges from technological solutions and approaches implemented in the region

3.    Examine the roles of different stakeholders in the process of implementing sustainable cooling system as well as best practices and lessons learned will be discussed

4.    Discuss how countries could use the opportunity to recover better by coming up with cooling solutions that contribute to sustainable, low-emission housing and resilient buildings.

Specifically for the Asia-Pacific region, climate-smart cooling solutions for sustainable buildings will be the main focus of the discussion, which may include cooling solutions through innovative building design, construction materials and other techniques.

Moderator: Philipp Munzinger, GIZ Proklima, Green Cooling Initiative

09:30-09:35  |  OPENING REMARKS
                           Ping Zhong, Chair of the Advisory Board of the CTCN

09:35-09:40  |  SETTING THE CONTEXT: The relevance of climate-friendly and energy-efficient
                           cooling for NDCs in Asia and Pacific
                           Phillip Munzinger, GIZ Proklima, Green Cooling Initiative

09:40-10:35  |  PRESENTATIONS and MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION

Each panel will briefly introduce specific programme or project from their work highlighting technology, financial, or policy aspects for scaling up and replicating climate-smart technology solutions for sustainable building and housing.

•   PASSIVE COOLING STRATEGY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING IN BANGLADESH
     Zainab Faruqui Ali, Cool to be Cool, Bangladesh
•   INDIA COOLING ACTION PLAN: SERVICING SECTOR
     Shikha Bhasin, Council for Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India
•    JOINT CREDITING MECHANISM (JCM): ACCELERATING PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTEMENT IN                         COOLING   SOLUTIONS
     Masami Ishihara, Global Environment Centre Foundation Japan
•   GREEN FINANCE SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
     Eva Yew, DBS Singapore
•   R&D ON COOLING IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
    Xiaoyun Xie, Building Energy Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

10:35-10:55 |  QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

10:55-11:00 |  SUMMARY and CLOSING  
                          Stephen Minas, Vice Chair of the TEC