The cooling policy ecosystem is complex; it involves multiple stakeholders from energy, environment, finance, and the different sectors they serve (e.g., health, food, and education). It is important to track the progress of the cooling policy ecosystem and ensure that countries have a comprehensive view of their needs including access to cooling, cold chains, energy efficiency, building codes, refrigerants, and other enabling policies. This database is an attempt to establish a framework for continuously tracking the global policy landscape for sustainable cooling, accounting for the entire ecosystem including MEPS and Labels, Codes and Standards, Financial policies and regulations, informatory tools, enabling activities, access to cooling, cold chains, refrigerants, compliance, and product registration.
This dataset presents the results of a global cooling policy stocktake survey conducted between March 2023 and June 2023 on the sustainable cooling policy landscape. The survey was designed by cooling experts at the UNEP Cool Coalition and vetted by experts globally across Government, civil society and industry. The survey template comprised of over 40 questions specifically on national level policies, covering issues relating to: (1) national mandates on cooling; (2) access to cooling; (3) cold chains; (4) energy efficient cooling; (5) building codes; (6) refrigerants; and (7) enabling policies.
The survey responses capture all 193 countries recognized by the United Nations as Member States, and the data was either: gathered through responses made directly by policymakers and experts working on sustainable cooling at national, regional and international organizations; or by research analysts through desk research. The data was shared for validation across country Governments and was updated accordingly.