Heat
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The increasing use of cooling devices increases electricity consumption and causes emissions that are harmful to the environment. The gases required for their function have a much greater warming effect than CO2.
More than 40 °C in China, Mexico and the United States, 43 °C in Spain, 45 °C in India or Morocco… The world has just experienced the hottest month of June on record, with sometimes dramatic consequences for people. And Tuesday, July 4th was a record day for all months with 17.03 degrees worldwide. In France, the temperature has risen above 30°C since Friday and this heat wave is expected to continue in the south and east. How to deal with these temperatures, which will become increasingly common in a world where global warming is dangerously close to +1.5 degrees, the maximum of the 2015 Paris Agreement? If there are simple ways to make your home a little cooler, the first thing that comes to mind is air conditioning as a short-term solution, without which some parts of the world would already be uninhabitable, such as the southern United States.
The International Energy Agency estimates that there are 5.6 billion air conditioners worldwide