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Sustainable cooling that doesn't warm the planet

Rachel Kyte · TED

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"The way we cool things down is heating the planet even more," says sustainable development expert Rachel Kyte -- and the solutions go well beyond just fixing air-conditioning. She identifies four major areas with transformative solutions -- from roofs painted with bright white paint to solar control glass to more efficient cold chains for vaccines -- that can be implemented in fair and sustainable ways. Learn more about what a community designed for cool could look like.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
Countdown Summit
Speaker
Rachel Kyte
Year
2021
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment, Business and management, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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