A new global report “Chilling Prospects” shows lack of cooling access threatens health, prosperity and the climate; University of Birmingham quantifies the size of the challenge. Continue reading
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Clean cold sits at the heart of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
As the Prime Minister heads to India for the India-UK Tech Summit, Professor Toby Peters of the Birmingham Energy Institute, argues that the humble fridge is the key to meeting the UN’s Global Sustainable Development Goals? At the stroke of midnight last New Year’s Eve, the clock began to tick on the most ambitious set … Continue reading
To advance food security, cold chains have to get moving
On July 14, Baroness Northover, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for International Development chaired an event at the House of Lords: ‘Sustainably Meeting the Global Food Crisis: Why we need to ‘green’ cold chains’. How to feed the world’s growing population without creating unintended environmental damage was the focus of this international expert panel event. Food security … Continue reading
