This report assesses countries’ access to renewables-based electric cooking to understand their current status and establish associated priorities to support the energy transition. Globally, around 2.3 billion people lacked access to clean cooking technologies and fuels in 2023. Despite substantial gains over the last decade, universal access to clean cooking …
This assessment report presents an overview of the energy access situation in the Asia-Pacific region, including prevalent policies and programmes to address them, with the view to identify common challenges that could be addressed through regional cooperation. It presents a summary of recent literature on energy access issues in terms …
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has just launched a study examining the impact of open-fire cooking on regional air quality and human health. The study will look at atmospheric air pollutants and human diseases in terms of the effects of smoke from traditional cooking methods in households, villages, …
This study’s main aim was to observe tribal household energy habits and determine their relationship to subsequent greenhouse gas emissions. It attempted to classify emissions based upon household economic and compositional factors and analysed five emission sources, including cooking/boiling, lighting, machinery, wasteburning and religious activities. Furthermore, it developed two data …
Some 3 billion people worldwide are dependent on rudimentary stoves that burn wood, dung or coal. These account for about 20% of black-carbon emissions globally, as well as 2 million deaths annually from smoke inhalation. More-sophisticated stoves could dramatically reduce these figures, helping to combat climate change and improve public …
An Improved Stove with Carbon Emission Programme is being launched to raise the livelihood of the communities of nine districts in the Far- Western Development Region through improved stoves. The five-year programme is being brought by the Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal (CRT-N) with the economic and technical cooperation of …
This is compendium of 28 success stories different parts of India, of the zeal to bring about change, a determination to surpass barriers in access to energy, and a drive to adopt and promote renewable energy technologies to suit local requirements. India is home to several innovations and successful examples …
A coalition of countries and agencies seeking to curb Earth-warming pollutants like soot released by wood-fired ovens and methane from oil extraction, on Tuesday welcomed seven new members to its fold. At a meeting in Paris, the Clean Air and Climate Coalition, launched by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
This report by USEPA identifies and evaluates the low cost and high-impact opportunities to reduce black carbon emissions in South Asia in the industrial, transportation and residential sectors. US EPA conducted a study to identify and evaluate low cost and high-impact opportunities to reduce black carbon emissions in South Asia. …
This study conducts a review of World Bank-financed operations, and selected interventions by other institutions, on household energy access in an attempt to examine success and failure factors and to inform the new generation of upcoming interventions. First, the report provides a brief literature review to lay out the multidimensional …
In an otherwise ‘electricity surplus’ Gujarat, the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, on Thursday announced a partnership with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) for providing solar stoves and lanterns to its two lakh rural women members in the State. For this, IFC will provide a …
The global focus on improved cookstoves (ICSs) and clean fuels has increased because of their potential for delivering triple dividends: household health, local environmental quality, and regional climate benefits. However, ICS and clean fuel dissemination programs have met with low rates of adoption.
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This belief is largely supported by observational field studies and engineering or laboratory …
Rapid urban growth in developing countries has created an unprecedented demand for energy services. Cities face the enormous challenge of improving energy access to urban communities in order to improve education, health and basic socioeconomic conditions. These eight case studies demonstrate innovative, successful approaches to delivery of energy services to …
Globally, 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity and an estimated 2.7 billion rely on traditional biomass – wood, charcoal, animal waste and agricultural residues – for cooking and space heating. Roughly one third of this population lives in rural India. Over the past two decades, considerable efforts have been …
Programs to provide rural Pakistani households with so-called improved cookstoves have had a muted response due to a lack of awareness among target communities — particularly among the women who do the cooking, a study has found. Sustainable Brands Conference 2012 The finding comes as separate research suggests that some …
This new World Bank report discusses India’s best improved biomass stove programs and suggests policies and practical ways to promote the use of cleaner burning, energy efficient, and affordable stoves. In a largely globalized era characterized by technological advancements, many developing countries still depend on biomass energy for sustenance. Much …
A large body of evidence has confirmed that the indoor air pollution (IAP) from biomass fuel use is a major cause of premature deaths, and acute and chronic diseases. Over 78% of Sri Lankans use biomass fuel for cooking, the major source of IAP in developing countries. We conducted a …
Nepal is looking to scale up its flagship household biogas programme, which has made forays into other developing countries in Asia and Africa. Initiated in 1992 with support from the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), Nepal has installed over 240,000 household biogas plants with a thermal energy capacity of 444 megawatts …
Faulting the world for not doing enough to curb climate change, the United States on Thursday announced the formation of a six-nation coalition including Bangladesh to cut short-lived pollutants that speed up warming and harm health. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the coalition of the US, Bangladesh, Canada, Mexico, …
