Cool Up Week Jordan—featuring high-level policy dialogues, technical sessions and on-site demonstrations—provided a rich environment for the Study Tour delegation to engage with the complete spectrum of sustainable cooling action. Participants contributed to and learned from a programme that connected strategy and implementation, including:

• The launch of Jordan’s first National Cooling Action Plan (NCAP), led by the Ministry of Environment and supported by Cool Up
• Demonstration project visits showcasing natural-refrigerant technologies operating under real conditions
• Technical and policy sessions on performance data, implementation pathways and enabling frameworks
• Panel discussions to enable the regional knowledge exchange

By experiencing these elements sequentially, the Study Tour offered a unique opportunity to observe how policy ambition translated into operational models with replication potential across the region.

The Study Tour included representatives from the National Ozone Units of all four Cool Up partner countries:

Egypt:

• Dr. Ezzat Lewis Agaiby
• Ahmed Elkorashy
• Nahed Farid

Jordan:

• Dr. Jihad Alsawair
• Shrouq Bani Ata

Lebanon:

• Elie Mansour

Türkiye:

• Volkan Polat
• Ömer Erdal Bilici
• Gökhan Öktem

Their active involvement anchored discussions in national contexts, linking regional best practices with country-specific needs, regulatory approaches and market conditions. This helped ensure that insights gained during the week could be translated into actionable steps within their respective national processes.

By observing the full cycle from national strategy to technology deployment in one place, the Study Tour provided practical insights that can inform national processes across partner countries. This reflects one of Cool Up’s core roles: connecting institutions, enabling peer-to-peer learning and accelerating the uptake of energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling across the region.