The Regional Workshop on Cooling India’s Cities, held in Chennai on 28th June, was hosted by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE),
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and Tabreed India. It is an initiative undertaken as a part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Tabreed India and GIZ to accelerate adoption of sustainable cooling practices
through multi-stakeholder dialogue and consultations, capacity building and awareness workshops showcasing context and region specifc potential for District Cooling, and bilateral exchange between governments for an enabling regulatory environment.

The workshop saw a wide and varied participation from stakeholder groups that presented diverse perspectives and challenges on the cooling conundrum in Tamil Nadu and India more broadly. This report summarises the key takeaways of the roundtable discussions.