The Charcoal Project » Peru http://www.charcoalproject.org Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:17:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Can’t make it to Lima for the 5th PCIA Forum? Not to worry. We’ve got you covered! http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/02/cant-make-it-to-lima-for-the-5th-pcia-forumin-lima-in-3-weeks-not-to-worry-weve-got-you-covered/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/02/cant-make-it-to-lima-for-the-5th-pcia-forumin-lima-in-3-weeks-not-to-worry-weve-got-you-covered/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:35:52 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=3220 If you're stuck back at the home-office, in the field, and you can't make it to Lima for the 5th Annual PCIA Forum, then visit us online (er, that would be right here) starting on Monday, February 21st for some behind-the-scenes coverage, interviews, program highlights!

Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/02/cant-make-it-to-lima-for-the-5th-pcia-forumin-lima-in-3-weeks-not-to-worry-weve-got-you-covered/feed/ 1 PCIA meeting in Lima, Peru, is the place to be for clean cookstove community http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/09/pcia-meeting-in-lima-peru-is-the-place-to-be-for-clean-cookstove-community/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/09/pcia-meeting-in-lima-peru-is-the-place-to-be-for-clean-cookstove-community/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:10:10 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=2644 5th Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Forum (PCIA)

What do you get when you gather the world’s leading household energy and health experts and offer them five days of dynamic workshops, technical presentations and stories from successful programs around the world?

Unexpected connections. Extraordinary insights. Powerful advancements.

  • 1 day kick-off event, Monday, February 21, 2011:
    Learn about the government of Peru’s national stove campaign.
  • 5-day Biennial Forum, February 22-26, 2011:
    Join us to address topics including stove performance standards and testing, monitoring and evaluation, carbon financing, expanded commercial markets, recent research outcomes, community engagement and much more.
Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/09/pcia-meeting-in-lima-peru-is-the-place-to-be-for-clean-cookstove-community/feed/ 0 Green tech, clean fuels for the rich and wood, charcoal, and animal dung for the poor. http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/04/hey-energy-poor-drop-dead/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/04/hey-energy-poor-drop-dead/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:50:16 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=1504 Industrialized and emerging nations are poised to leap into the clean fuel and green technology future, leaving behind nearly a third of the world's population who is destined to continue burning wood, charcoal, and animal dung using noxious technologies that have remained unevolved for the last 3000 years. What's up with that?

Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/04/hey-energy-poor-drop-dead/feed/ 2 In 2007, Indoor Air Pollution from inefficient biomass combustion cost Peru U$321,123,160 http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/04/in-2007-indoor-air-pollution-from-inefficient-biomass-combustion-cost-peru-u321123160/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/04/in-2007-indoor-air-pollution-from-inefficient-biomass-combustion-cost-peru-u321123160/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:48:27 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=1480 Peru could have bought every rural poor two energy efficient stoves in 2007 for the equivalent of what Indoor Air Pollution cost the country. That would be U$321,123,160 in 2007, in case you were wondering.

As we discussed last week, The Charcoal Project is leading a research on a global analysis that would put a price tag on the inefficient domestic combustion of biomass as practiced today in the vast majority of the developing world.

The figure mentioned above comes from the World Bank's  Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) reports published on their website.

We randomly selected the 2007 assessment for Peru.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2010/04/in-2007-indoor-air-pollution-from-inefficient-biomass-combustion-cost-peru-u321123160/feed/ 2 Peru: A millenary tree's last stand http://www.charcoalproject.org/2009/11/peru-a-millenary-trees-last-stand/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2009/11/peru-a-millenary-trees-last-stand/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:43:00 +0000 charcoalproject http://charcoalproject.org/?p=226 Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2009/11/peru-a-millenary-trees-last-stand/feed/ 0