Sharing renewable energy will be key to Southeast Asia’s ability to deal with deadly heat without driving up planet-warming carbon emissions, climate scientist Winston Chow said.

Those in the region who work outdoors or live in informal settlements like slums are most at risk of suffering from rising temperatures, the co-chair of the working group of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability told the media on the second day of COP30.

His comments came after 185 cities, including Singapore, committed to localizing efforts to make cooling more accessible and less polluting.

Cooling can be unsustainable when it uses electricity generated from fossil fuels, which contribute to emissions. Some refrigerants that used cooling devices are also powerful greenhouse gases.

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