And we’re baaack! It’s 2010, where do we start? Pick up with the qualified fiasco that was Copenhagen? Where does that leave REDD and forests? What will happen with the dangling carrot of financing for forest protection in the tropical belt? What are the prospects of a deal in 2010? Will 2010 see expanded energy efficiency programs that target the energy poor through improved stoves, kilns, and fuels? I’ll be blogging about all this and other issues in this quarter. But, first, a quick update of where we are three months into the launch of The Charcoal Project (TCP) and … Continue reading →

A presentation unveiled at the recent COP15 meeting by the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA, of which we are proud members) might have turned the tides had it received greater attention. Titled Cleaner Cook Stoves for Developing Countries:  Improving Health, Reducing Climate Change, the PowerPoint focused on the carbon offset potential and role of improved cookstoves and biofuels. According to the slides, the presenters included • Health Effects: Dr. William Martin, Associate Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, USA • Black Carbon: Professor V Ramanathan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San … Continue reading →