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How to provide cooling for everyone -- without warming the planet | Rachel Kyte artwork

How to provide cooling for everyone -- without warming the planet | Rachel Kyte

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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