Changing the Future with Cooling Innovation

Cooling is one of the most important development, climate, and resilience challenges of our time. It’s affecting healthcare, agriculture, and people’s everyday lives. Innovators supported through the WBG Sustainable Cooling Initiative are addressing these challenges by working in fundamentally different ways. New technologies are replacing standard compressors with ice batteries powered by solar, solving also for affordability. Financial innovation through models like pay-as-you-go is bringing cooling to underserved populations, and creating jobs for small and even micro-enterprises. Learn more about the World Bank Group Sustainable Cooling and Heat Resilience Initiative: http://wrld.bg/rq4a50YZ6Iu 0:00 Cooling is a development and resilience challenge 0:54 Innovative solutions for technology and financial models 2:50 Changing the future through innovation ABOUT THE WORLD BANK GROUP🌐 The World Bank Group is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for low-income countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development on a livable planet. http://www.worldbank.org