# Sustainable cooling that doesn't warm the planet

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_kyte_sustainable_cooling_that_doesn_t_warm_the_planet)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"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.

## Lectures

1. [Sustainable cooling that doesn't warm the planet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/rachel_kyte_sustainable_cooling_that_doesn_t_warm_the_planet/72653c9758b2), 11 min (TED's player)