Solar cooling

Just like a magnifying glass can focus the suns rays to create a spark, so the sun's rays , or more precisely the heatwave currently burning up Europe and North America, can focus creative sparks to offer a ray of hope in this climate change hell.
Take electric fans and air conditioning - we want, we NEED more of both in this oppressive heat that, according to some forecasts, could be an annual occurence by 2040. Unfortunately, most air con systems contain CFCs and both they and fans require an awful lot of power, which, in the current electricity generating regime, means more fossil fuels being burnt. Solar powered air con exists - the first solar powered recording studio in the world recently opened in London (everything from the air conditioning to the mixing desk runs on the sun's energy) - but it has limitations. Surely it is imperative that more money is invested in developing such technologies. Ditto for solar or perhaps clockwork powered fans. Air con is a rare luxury in Europe, but one that increasingly feels like a necessity. In the US, it is already standard in many homes as well as offices, but the environmental impact of those air conditioning systems has been largely ignored by lawmakers. The carrot of new business opportunities for inventors and entrepreneurs could be effectively combined with the stick of legislation that restricts the use of sytems that harm the environment.