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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Bringing clean, safe, affordable cooking energy to households across Africa: an agenda for action
This paper presents an overview of current household energy trends in Africa, and the reasons why access to modern cooking facilities remains so low. It then presents the latest evidence on the health,
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Access to clean cooking energy and electricity: survey of states
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/rural_energy.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 211px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />Only a fifth of rural households in India
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Outdoor air pollution killed 0.65 million Indians in 2010, says study
Of the 3.3 million premature deaths worldwide in 2010 caused by outdoor air pollution, about 0.65 million deaths took place in India. These deaths were in adults older than 30 years and children younger
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Financing sustainable development: ideas for action
In 2015, global leaders aspire to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, a financing framework to support them, and a framework agreement on climate change. Youth engagement throughout the design and
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Cookstoves illustrate the need for a comprehensive carbon market
<p>Existing carbon offset protocols for improved cookstoves do not require emissions testing. They are based only on estimated reductions in the use of non-renewable biomass generated by a given stove,
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Can improved biomass cookstoves contribute to REDD+ in Low-Income Countries?
This paper provides field experiment–based evidence on the potential additional forest carbon sequestration that cleaner and more fuel-efficient cookstoves might generate. The paper focuses on the Mirt
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Synergies between renewable energy and energy efficiency
A joint working paper from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) illuminates crucial synergies that can help to ensure a sustainable global
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Decentralized energy in water-energy-food security nexus in Developing Countries: case studies on successes and failures
Access to modern energy is vital for sustainable development. In rural areas, decentralized energy solutions may play a significant role in reducing poverty, supporting community institutions and facilitating
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From theory to practice of change: lessons from SNV’s improved cookstoves and fuel projects in Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and Rwanda
This report compares the approach to cookstoves of SNV, the Netherlands Development Organisation, with evidence from the sector about how interventions can lead to market transformation. Case studies of
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Biogas: clean energy access with low‐cost mitigation of climate change
With data from the nearly 6,000 households in the Nepal Living Standards Survey of 2010–11, this paper finds that the mean reduction in household firewood collection associated with use of a biogas plant