UK spotlights Rwanda climate partnership ahead of COP31
The British High Commission in Rwanda is promoting UK-funded cooling and wetland projects while climate negotiators meet in Türkiye.
The United Kingdom is putting its climate partnership with Rwanda in the spotlight as world leaders and climate negotiators gather in Türkiye for COP31. The British High Commission in Rwanda has been posting videos, photographs and other content over recent weeks to showcase projects ranging from sustainable cooling to wetland restoration and climate finance.
Much of the attention has centred on the 10th anniversary of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and the 38th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, which was held in Kigali earlier this month. The UK has singled out the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain, known as ACES, as one of the clearest examples of the amendment's practical results. ACES is a UK-funded partnership with the Rwandan government focused on cleaner and more efficient cooling and cold-chain systems.
The case for such work rests on rising demand for refrigeration and air conditioning as temperatures climb. Conventional cooling equipment can consume large amounts of energy and rely on refrigerants with high global warming potential.