Demand for cooling is eating up our energy - it is time for ice to come out of the cold

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Air conditioning units in Singapore | Credit: iStock
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Air conditioning units in Singapore | Credit: iStock

As global warming increases, demand for refrigeration and air conditioning is eating up more and more of the world's precious energy resources - and low carbon cooling solutions are being overlooked, writes Roger Harrabin

The International Energy Agency's latest Global Energy Review identifies a number of alarming trends, not least that the continued rapid increase in clean energy generation worldwide was not sufficient...

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