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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Improved biomass cook stoves for climate change mitigation?: evidence of preferences, willingness to pay, and carbon savings
This paper investigates household preferences for improved cook stoves using a choice experiment administered in rural Ethiopia, and the cost-effectiveness of an improved stove for reducing global greenhouse
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IEA praises India for improvement in access to energy
India’s efforts in providing energy access to those without it have come in for praise by the International Energy Agency (IEA). “India is clearly a success story,” say Bruce Murphy, IEA India Programme
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Tracking SDG7: the energy progress report 2018
The Energy Progress Report provides a global dashboard on progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7). The report is a joint effort of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International
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Progress and opportunities for reducing short-lived climate pollutants across Latin America and the Caribbean
This technical report, Progress and Opportunities of Reducing Short-lived Climate Pollutants across Latin America and the Caribbean, reviews examples of initiatives and measures that have successfully
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Renewable energy policies in a time of transition
Spurred by innovation, increased competition, and policy support in a growing number of countries, renewable energy technologies have achieved massive technological advances and sharp cost reductions.
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How the other half cooks
Imagine building a small pile of wood and kindling in the smallest room in your house, and setting fire to it. You can keep the door open, to let out some smoke, but cannot switch on an extractor fan.
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Household air pollution and chronic hypoxia in the placenta of pregnant Nigerian women: A randomized controlled ethanol Cookstove intervention
<p>Household air pollution (HAP) is the eighth leading risk factor for global disease burden, contributing to 2.9 million yearly premature deaths. Nearly 80% of the sub-Saharan population and about 90
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Quantifying the contribution to uncertainty in mortality attributed to household, ambient, and joint exposure to PM2.5 from residential solid fuel use
<p>While there have been substantial efforts to quantify the health burden of exposure to PM2.5 from solid fuel use (SFU), the sensitivity of mortality estimates to uncertainties in input parameters has
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Kenya unveils ethanol stoves to help mitigate carbon emissions
Kenya on Wednesday unveiled ethanol stoves for refugees in Kakuma camp in northwest part of the country to help mitigate climate carbon emissions. Principal Secretary for Environment and Forestry Charles
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Refugees ready to go green and become ‘innovation hubs’
Many refugees would like to buy low-carbon stoves and lights but poor access in camps and a lack of funding is forcing them to rely on “dirty and expensive” fuels, a report said on Tuesday. Millions