Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate

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78d Carbon Brief Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate — As successive heatwaves hit Europe, air-conditioning (AC) has emerged as a new front in the... The post Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated…

79d Wired Science Is an Air-Conditioning Revolution Coming to Europe? — As extreme heat becomes the norm on the continent, the AC culture wars may be solved by advances in environmentally friendly technology.

Primary sources

actu-environnement.com News 37991 Ademe Etude Climatisation France 2020 (actu-environnement.com)

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk Ado (assets.publishing.service.gov.uk)

census.gov New Census Tool Pinpoints Communities With Limited Access to Air Conditioning That are Most Vulnerable to Summer Heat Waves

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reason.com Europe's war on air conditioning is costing lives

cnn.com European summers are getting brutally hot. So why is air conditioning so rare? | CNN

wri.org A Warming Europe and the Air Conditioning Dilemma | World Resources Institute

cnbc.com Europe wants to rebalance trade with Beijing, but can't quit Chinese air conditioners

euronews.com As Europe braces for a second heatwave, the EU's Green Deal faces crucial summer test | Euronews

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