Pathways to Clean Cooking II – Leaving No One Behind Wexford, England, May 30-31st This conference will explore recent advances and probe continuing challenges. It proposes to focus attention on reaching the furthest behind first, with topics such as: – Households and settings – Evaluating pathways to modern, sustainable cooking energy systems – Impact Based Finance for cleaner cooking – Modern, clean, sustainable bio-energy in a low-income country context – Policy options for a just transition to modern, sustainable cooking energy systems – Transitional and hybrid multiple fuel-device cooking systems Call for submissions now open All submissions will be reviewed after the Continue reading
Emissions
Different types of emissions from combustion
Black Carbon: The low-hanging fruit of climate change that keeps getting lower
“Reducing emissions from diesel engines and domestic wood and coal fires is a no-brainer, as there are tandem health and climate benefits,” says Professor Piers Forster of the University of Leeds’ School of Earth and Environment.
IAP: How Fuel Briquettes Stack-Up to Woodfuel
STUDY: (…) Three fuels and five stoves were tested to measure harmful pollutant emissions. The preliminary results showed that the largest difference was found in the fuels (briquettes cleaner than wood).
NEWS: Why Energy Should Play a Crucial Role in Africa’s Development
By 2050… smoke from cooking fires will release about 7 billion tonnes of carbon in the form of greenhouse gases in Africa – that’s about 6 per cent of the total expected greenhouses from the continent. — Rwanda New Times
NEWS: United States Creates New Climate Change Coalition
We anticipate that this news will have important implications for the clean cookstove and efficient charcoal production industry in the developing world. This item comes to us via EESI. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the formation of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, a coalition of nations to curb climate change and reduce air pollution by reducing short-lived pollutants. In conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme, the United States, Bangladesh, Canada, Mexico, Sweden and Ghana are launching a global drive to curb black carbon (soot), methane and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). “We know that in Continue reading