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IPCC to feature role of Black Carbon in next report

Jean Kim Chaix — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:10:09 +0000

Speaking Tuesday at a briefing on Capitol Hill, EPA officials said that “black carbon” (BC), an important factor in global warming and major by-product of solid biomass fuel and dirty diesel emissions, would figure prominently in a International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report due out next year. BC emissions can also seriously affect the health of residents in households that depend on burning wood, charcoal, animal dung, and agricultural residues for home cooking and heating. Another scientific paper due out early next year is likely to cast much needed light on the role of BC on global warming. The … Continue reading →

Kyoto CO2 trade may end if no climate deal-UN study

Jean Kim Chaix — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:40:38 +0000

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - The Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanism (CDM) may end from 2013 unless the world can agree and put into force a new round of carbon emissions targets before then, a U.N. paper has said.

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Tool: generating carbon credits from stove projects (PCIA)

Jean Kim Chaix — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:08:50 +0000

The latest quarterly update from the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (Bulletin 23)is dedicated to harnessing the power of the carbon credit market to support stove projects around the world.

Malawi: Improved stove and kilns program cashes in on carbon offsets

Jean Kim Chaix — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:31:28 +0000

So you think you can't reduce energy poverty, cut greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, and turn a profit at the same time in one of the world's poorest countries?

Conor Fox thinks otherwise.

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Video: Africa’s forest have a lot to offer in Copenhagen

charcoalproject — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:39:33 +0000

There is an excellent film by South Africa-based photojournalist Jeffrey Barbee that will hopefully get quite a bit of play in Copenhagen. It explores how African forests and woodfuel efficiency can play a big role in reducing CO2 emissions while improving people’s livelihood. We were especially interested to learn through this film about a stoves project in Malawi which is not only improving the lives the local inhabitants but also providing valuable carbon credits to an eco securities firm for sale on the voluntary carbon market. (The segment about Malawi and the stoves begins at 5:40 on part 2 but … Continue reading →

Teutonic-Zambian union yields CDM stove project

charcoalproject — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:28:15 +0000

And now for a heart warming project from Zambia. What is there not to like about this story? It’s got a CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) component, a complex partnership involving German engineers at a powerful utility and local Zambian church groups. And at the center of it is a nifty little stove with amazing tech specs. If indeed this works out, let’s hope we see more projects like this sprouting elsewhere. Is there anyone on the ground who can tell us how meaningful this all this? Hello? Lusaka? hello…? The stove in question, the Save80 cooking system, is well documented … Continue reading →