India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP)
Updated: 25 Oct 2025
Ministry:
Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change
Beneficiary:
Miscellaneous
Overview
The initiative aims to provide sustainable cooling and thermal comfort while delivering environmental and socio-economic benefits. It promotes reduced cooling demand, efficient refrigerant use, and advanced technologies over a 20-year horizon.
- Aim: To provide sustainable cooling and thermal comfort for all while securing environmental and socio-economic benefits for the society.
- The ICAP provides an integrated vision towards cooling across sectors encompassing inter alia reduction of cooling demand, refrigerant transition, enhancing energy efficiency and better technology options with a 20 year time horizon (refer to the infographics).
- This will also help in reducing both direct and indirect emissions.