Is the solution to climate crisis, a new problem?

The world is becoming increasingly hot. Rekor temperatures are no longer exception, in many regions the summer months become new normal. One of the most visible results is the rapid increase in the use of air conditioning.
As in Turkey, air conditioning sales in Mediterranean countries have reached record levels. This is quite natural response for people. Because excessive warms are not only comfort, but also threaten health.
But here is a remarkable paradox appear: Can we cool our air conditioners even deeper the climate crisis in the long run?
] [[T]]] [The warms increase the air conditioning demand]
] In recent years, the temperature record in the European and Mediterranean basin is fraught. In many regions the temperatures were over 40 degrees, while the values exceeding 45 degrees in some cities in Turkey were measured.
]The air conditioning in these conditions is not only a comfort product; especially for people with older people, children and chronic disease, it becomes a vital fit tool.
The World Health Organization also takes into account that excessive warms increase many health risks from heart-damar diseases to respiratory problems. Cool interiors can significantly reduce health problems due to temperature.
With another expression, air conditioning is becoming inevitable in many regions to adapt to climate change.

Paradoks starts here
Air conditioning cool people. But it needs a large amount of energy to work.
billions of air conditioning across the world according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and this number increases annually. In countries where electrical production is still largely based on fossil fuels, increasing air conditioning means more carbon emissions.

Sorun not only limited to electricity consumption.
Some refrigerant gases used in air conditioning can create more powerful greenhouse gas effect than carbon dioxide when leaked into the atmosphere. This risk is increased in regular maintenance systems. [
Another effect is felt in cities. Air conditioners give warm air to outside when cooling indoor spaces. In cities where intensive air conditioning is used, this situation can strengthen the influence of the urban heat island and increase the city temperatures several degrees.
In short, we are able to create more hot cities on the social scale.

What are the alternative?]
It does not seem realistic to remove air conditioning from our lives completely. Especially in a world where hot air waves are seen more often, air conditioning is a technology that protects life for many people.
But there are other ways to keep cities and buildings cooler.
Passive building designs using natural air flow, strong insulation applications, green roofs, urban wooding, shading systems and light color building materials can contribute to the reduction of temperatures in natural ways. [email protected] It also plays an important role in reducing emissions from electrical systems working with renewable energy of air conditioners.
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How to Reduce Solution Temperature
Air conditioning does not stop the climate crisis. It helps us to adapt to its effects.
The actual solution is due to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, making cities climate resistant and transforming energy systems into clean resources.
Because temperatures continue to rise, more air conditioning will be used. More air conditioning will mean more emissions as long as the current energy system does not change.
The way to break this cycle is not only producing more air conditioning; to build more cool cities, more efficient buildings and more clean energy systems.
Air conditioning protects the lives of millions of people today. But in the long run, there will be policies and transformations to eliminate the causes of climate crisis, which will truly cool us.

Sources:
International Energy Agency (IEA), Future of Cooling and Global Cooling Demand reports; World Health Organization (WHO); Urban Land Institute; BBC News. [