Like many parts of Qatar’s World Cup bid, the concept of air conditioning an entire football stadium was met with, to say the least, plenty of scepticism when they were awarded the tournament in 2010.

The first centrifugal refrigeration machine invented by Willis H. Carrier, the father of air conditioning, is pictured in ...

While air conditioning protects people from dangerous heat, it also significantly worsens global warming—by 2050, potentially ...

Air conditioners protect people from heatwaves, but rising global use could increase emissions and add to climate warming by ...