Session Description:
This event highlights National Cooling Actions Plans (NCAPs) as a global policy best practice to address the triple strategy of sustainable cooling – passive cooling, energy efficiency, and the phase down of climate warming refrigerants – through a comprehensive approach incorporating relevant sectors and end-users. NCAPs leverage inter-linkages with national and international agendas, set clear targets, and create pathways to expand cooling access while minimising harmful environmental impacts and maximising socio-economic benefits.
A key focus will be enhancing national capabilities and streamlining the formulation of NCAPs utilising the adaptable Cool Coalition NCAP Methodology, which aligns with country-specific strategies, and interlinks with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Kigali Implementation Plans. Supported by UNEP and ESCAP, several South-East Asian countries have developed NCAPs using the Methodology, including the recent launch of Indonesia’s NCAP in August 2024.
Looking forward, UNEP and RCREEE, within the framework of the Cool Coalition, and supported by CCAC, have initiated an NCAP programme in the MENA region, and ESCAP will support the development of NCAPs in three additional Asia-Pacific countries.
This event will gather NCAP leader countries and development agencies to drive change through cross regional learnings and to showcase NCAPs as a powerful tool for achieving sustainable cooling and environment goals globally.
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Agenda
Welcome Remarks
Duration: 5 minutes
Keynote Address
Duration: 5 minutes
- Ms. Dechen Tsering, Director, Climate Change Division, UNEP
- Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP
Panel Discussion 1:
Advancing Sustainable Cooling and Unlocking Finance for NCAPs in the Asia-Pacific Region.
- Moderator: Ms. Lily Riahi, Coordinator, UNEP Cool Coalition
- Panelists:
- Dr. Ir. Hendra Iswahyudi, Director of Energy Conservation, Indonesia
- Mr. Makoto Kato, Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC)
- Mr. Ziaul Haque, Director, Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bangladesh
Panel Discussion 2:
Adapting the NCAP Methodology in Africa and MENA Regions and the Private Sector's Role in Implementation
- Dr. Maged Mahmoud, Acting Executive Director of Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE)
- Ms. Uboho Ekpo, Principal Scientific Officer, National Council on Climate Change, Nigeria
- Ms. Katja Eisbrenner, Director, Guidehouse (Cool Up Project Manager)
Closing Remarks
Duration: 5 minutes
- Mr. Amr Seleem, UNEP Cool Coalition
