NewsletterMCJ: "The cold chain opportunity: Climate innovation hidden in plain sight." This is Hannah Sieber's newsletter. She states the 'cold chain' is more than mere logistics of cold storage + transport, rather a 'frontline infrastructure for public health, food security, and climate resilience.' It's critical infrastructure, especially in a world of spiraling heat + unreliable supply chains. "Global cold chain logistics today represents a market valued between $237 billion and $368 billion, with projections crossing $1.2 trillion by 2033." Bottom line: "Growth is fueled by two massive trends: a healthcare revolution, as biologics, gene therapies, and mRNA treatments become more common; and a consumer shift toward fresh and frozen food deliveries post-pandemic." But much of the infrastructure in North America + Europe was set up in the 1980s. "Most warehouses were never designed for today's tighter temperature tolerances, energy efficiency standards, or volume of shipments." In parts of Africa, 'more than 40% of perishable food is lost before it ever reaches consumers—not because of agricultural failure, but because cold rooms, refrigerated trucks, and last-mile cooling simply aren’t available.' Enter extreme weather: "In 2024 alone, wildfires, heatwaves, and floods devastated cooling facilities from California to Bangladesh...power outages—whether from aging grids or climate shocks—have turned isolated breakdowns into cascading supply chain failures." Underappreciated is that 'cooling systems consume roughly 5% of the world’s total energy supply and generate 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions—more than the aviation sector.' To buoy you up with a host of solutions, I must default to the newsletter: https://newsletter.mcj.vc/p/hannah-sieber-artyc-cold-chain-report
