Publications

Research and reporting from Clean Cooling's international group of academics and experts

Significant publications, papers and reports from the CCN academic teams, covering a wide variety of cooling and cold-chain topics.

Following in-depth research and discovery we offer you a range of reports on cooling as critical infrastructure, climate change adaptation measures and much more to help understand the cooling strategies and systems needed to maintain vital societal functions.

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Simulation-Based Optimization for Large-Scale Perishable Agri-Food Cold Chain

24th Jan 2025

The global food supply chain faces significant challenges in maintaining quality and safety of perishable agri-food products. This study introduces a novel approach to demonstrate the efficiency of using the perishable agri-food cold supply chain.

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Strengthening the climate resilience of health systems in Africa

1st Nov 2024

There is a pressing need to implement climate change adaptation measures within African health systems and to safeguard health system resilience.

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ACES Annual Review: March 2024

25th Jul 2024

In less than four years, we have progressed rapidly from conceptualisation to the realisation of a physical campus in Kigali, the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES).

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Cooling is critical infrastructure for tackling climate change impact

18th Jul 2024

Governments and policy makers must recognise cooling as critical national infrastructure (CNI) if humanity is to build resilience to the impact of climate change, according to a new report.

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The Hot Reality: Living in a +50°C World

16th Jul 2024

The Hot Reality: Living in a +50°C World (published 18th July) calls for a radical shift in policy to create more ambitious strategies for delivering cooling and effectively managing energy use and achieving reductions in cooling demand.

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Measles Vaccine Coverage and Disease Outbreaks

8th May 2024

We aimed to evaluate changes to measles-containing vaccine (MCV) provision and subsequent measles disease cases in low- and lower-middle income countries (LICs, LMICs) in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Living in a +50°C world: Cooling must be considered critical infrastructure, says new report.

25th Mar 2024

Experts from the University of Birmingham are calling for global cooling and cold chain to be considered as critical infrastructure as the planet continues to heat.

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Cold Chain Report 23: Energy Tech Will Have Greatest Influence On UK Cold Chain’s Next 10 Years

25th Mar 2024

Cold chain professionals say energy management technologies will have more influence over temperature-controlled logistics in the coming decade than automation, blockchain or changes to demand for cold chain products.

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Cooling is Critical Infrastructure

25th Mar 2024

The European Commission defines ‘Critical Infrastructure’ as an asset or system which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions.

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Raising frozen food temperature by 3°C can make global food chain more sustainable, say experts

5th Feb 2024

New research from an international team of scientists has shown that raising the temperature of frozen food by just 3°C could safely reduce food loss and cut carbon emissions by 17.7 million metric tonnes.

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Cool Innovations, Hot Ideas, Real-World Impact... The Festival of Cooling is Coming to Kigali!

Between 22nd - 26th September 2025, at the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain (ACES), this one-of-a-kind festival will turn a quiet revolution into a loud celebration. Five thrilling days in Kigali!

The ACES team visit the Ntarama Genocide Memorial

On April 9th, 2025, the team from the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) visited the Ntarama Genocide Memorial to honour the memory of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. In this place of remembra

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Events & Webinars

Exclusive lectures and workshops from the Clean Cooling team and partners.

Festival of Cooling

The Clean Cooling Network and ACES are hosting a week-long, public engagement “Festival of Cooling” at the ACES Campus in Kigali, Rwanda, and via an outreach programme.

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