This being the UN-declared Year of Sustainable Energy for All, we hope policy-makers and all those pushing for clean fuels in the developing world will look into the eyes of this little girl and remember that solar and wind are not the only solutions. The world needs clean charcoal, too.
Only a few days remain to register for the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air’s (PCIA) webinar on Impacts of Household Fuel Consumption from Biomass Stove Programs in India, Nepal and Peru. This is the second in the PCIA stove testing webinar series taking place this summer.
Michael Johnson, of Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, will present the results of in-home assessments conducted with fellow PCIA Partners in Nepal, India and Peru.
Today we begin posting the first of a dozen paper’s presented in June at a symposium in Arusha, Tanzania, on Sustainable Charcoal. The event, co-organized by The Charcoal Project, heralded the launch of a year-long initiative that will culminate in an International Conference on Charcoal and Solid Biomass in 2012.
Today’s topic focuses on the absence of reliable data on woodfuel and charcoal use from a national and global perspective.
Hot Tip: this is sure to be a top-shelf priority at next year’s conference!
GERES is conducting a GLOBAL SURVEY TO IDENTIFY IMPROVED COOKSTOVE PROGRAMS’ NEEDS IN THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTIRES OF ASIA AND AFRICA
If you are:
- An NGO, International Development Organization, Government, Ministry, Research institution or Private Company working for, or wanting to, develop Improved Cook Stoves programs in Asia and Africa you are invited to participate!