Pathways to Stop Environmental Dumping of Climate-Harming Room Air Conditioners: Lessons From Latin America, the Caribbean, and Beyond

Explore how unprotected cooling markets in the Global South are vulnerable to the environmentally harmful dumping of new but low efficiency room air conditioners with obsolete refrigerants. Low-efficiency cooling appliances not only waste energy but often rely on high-global warming potential refrigerants which are targeted for phase down and phase out under the Montreal Protocol. As a result, climate change worsens, cooling gaps may widen, and gender inequalities may increase. This event will preview findings from the team's upcoming research report, share solutions on how importing- and exporting-country governments, the private sector, civil society, and international partners can work together to prevent environmental dumping of room air conditioners, and spotlight leaders from Brazil, Grenada, and the African continent who will share best practice to overcome these challenges.