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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Sustainable energy for all?: linking poor communities to modern energy services
This paper explores the emerging concept of ‘energy delivery models’, looking at the nuts and bolts of how energy is delivered from resource to user, focusing on how to reach the poor in terms of energy
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Widening energy access and enhancing energy security to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific
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
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Researchers study effects of open-fire cooking on air quality and human health
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
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Household greenhouse gas emissions from two rural Maharashtrian 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
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Clean stoves benefit climate and health
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
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Improved stove with Carbon emission being launched to raise livelihood of communities of 9 districts
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
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Empowering rural India the RE way: inspiring success stories
<p><span id="itro1">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
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Japan joins int'l anti-soot and methane campaign
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.
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Reducing black carbon emissions in South Asia: low cost opportunities
<p><span id="itro1">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
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Household energy access for cooking and heating: lessons learned and the way forward
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