Kenya to reduce CO2 emissions of refrigeration appliances

NAIROBI, June 14 (Xinhua)

Kenya's Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry on Wednesday launched a five-year action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from refrigeration appliances.

Festus Ng'eno, principal secretary for the State Department of Environment and Climate Change of the ministry, said that the action plan will enhance the availability and accessibility of sustainable cooling solutions.

"With this plan in place, we are charting a course towards a more efficient, eco-friendly and inclusive Kenyan refrigeration and air-conditioning sector," Ng'eno said during the launch of the 2023-2027 National Cooling Action Plan for Kenya in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

 He said the main objective of the action plan is to make sustainable cooling accessible to every citizen by using efficient appliances, environmentally-safe refrigerants and enhancing access to agricultural cold chains.

The official reckoned that besides making Kenya's cooling sector eco-friendly as a climate change mitigation measure, the action plan would help the country meet its global climate action obligations as Kenya has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent by 2030 but this cannot be achieved with conventional cooling services.