A vision for clean cooking access for all
Nearly one in three people, the vast majority of them in the poorest regions of the world, still lack access to clean cooking facilities, with major ramifications for public health, local environments
Chulhas (Cookstoves)
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Smart stoves for smart cooks
Smart stoves for smart cooks - a presentation by Mouhsine Serrar, PRAKTI at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.
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The politics of particles
Chulhas - cook stoves of poor women who collect sticks, twigs, leaves and every other biomass material they can find to cook meals - are today at the centre of failing international action. The concern
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Multiple-household fuel use: a balanced choice between firewood, charcoal and LPG
A comparison among firewood, charcoal and LPG shows that each energy source has its own specific advantages, inconveniences and limitations. They should be considered jointly within a comprehensive, inter-sectoral
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Micro-gasification: cooking with gas from dry biomass
This document reflects the current state of the art in the growing topic of generating cooking energy by using dry biomass for gasification. It includes the technical background, together with project
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Odisha Set to Implement Climate Change Action Plan
Concerned over the impact of climate change in the state, Odisha government has decided to implement the Climate Change Action Plan without waiting for central assistance. This was decided at a meeting
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Call for using cleaner cookstoves to lessen health, environmental hazards
Bangladesh should go for cleaner cookstoves to save thousands of women and young children from early death and combat climate change, said an official of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC),
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World Bank urges better cookstoves in developing states to curb deaths
Simple measures to reduce pollution from cooking stoves in developing nations could save a million lives a year and help slow global warming, a World Bank study showed on Monday. Tighter restrictions
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On thin ice: how cutting pollution can slow warming and save lives
This new scientific report released by World Bank shows that moving rapidly to reduce pollutants such as methane and black carbon, could slow warming in critical snow and ice-covered regions while benefitting human welfare.
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Hunt for the smokeless chulha
Finding alternatives to soot emitting chulhas is a public health priority. The positive impacts on climate change a possible co-benefit. But, will equity at climate talks be the cost India pays? The
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‘Learning through Serving transforms Children into Change Agents’, says Menahem Kanafi, Israel Consul General to South-India
<p>Chennai, October 1, 2013: Mr. Menahem Kanafi, Israel Consul General to South-India was the Guest of Honor at Kodaikanal International School (KIS) Social Experience Program. During his visit