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!
Global Cookstove Survey for Asia and Africa Read More »
African countries hoping to cash in on the $100 billion carrot being dangled by climate change negotiators for adaptation and mitigation in the developing world will first have to figure out how to sustainably provide energy to the more than 90% of people in sub-Sahara that depend on wood and charcoal for cooking and heating.
Yo, African countries: Don’t count your billions before they hatch. Read More »
There’s no shortage of reality-inspired cooking shows in which participants struggle against long odds.
Now there’s a new offering, with a difference. It’s Stoveman, a four-part video series documenting the efforts of two young men who are part of a “low profit” business aimed at providing efficient rocket stoves to poor households in struggling places.
(taken from Andy Revkin, Dot Earth. The New York Times)
At last. The moment you’ve all been waiting for: a reality show about clean cookstoves! Read More »
Taken from the NYT Opinion Pages:
“Last year, Eric Reynolds, the co-founder of the outdoor sports gear company Marmot, contacted me with an aggressive business plan for rolling out fuel-efficient, low-pollution cookstoves across Rwanda. Having seen dozens of entrepreneurial projects in Rwanda start with a big bang and then founder for lack of momentum and commitment, I initially brushed off his enthusiasm. I gently explained that he would have to move to Rwanda if he was to get anything done, and he explained that this was exactly his plan.”
NYT’s Nick Kristoff on visionary stove-fuel venture in Rwanda Read More »
Policy discussions around forests and climate change frequently refer to charcoal production as one of the main culprits of deforestation and forest carbon emissions. This is explicitly articulated in the Tanzanian Draft National Strategy for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) published in January 2011. Future “business as usual” scenarios predict a worsening of the situation.
NEWS: Tanzania’s burning question: Can REDD succeed amid a charcoal addiction? Read More »
Revelations from Africa:
African economies leaving money on the table with current charcoal policies. Read More »
Climate change is likely to adversely affect the poorest people in the developing world. But solutions like REDD could end up hurting them as well.
REDD and the Law of Unintended Consequences Read More »
Developing countries must cut the red tape and build capacity if they want a slice of the quarter billion dollar investments that clean energy attracted last year. That, in a nutshell, is the message contained in a UNDP report that shows that 90% of $243 billion invested in 2010 went to G-20 countries (which include
Yo! Developing nations! Cut the red tape on clean energy investments. Read More »
On June 15th, representatives from new energy companies, climate finance, governments, development agencies, multi-lateral banks, and NGOs will meet in Arusha, Tanzania, to begin discussions on a blueprint that will make woodfuels, charcoal, and other solid biomass fuels a truly renewable energy choice for developing countries.
The journey to sustainable solid biomass fuel production & consumption begins June 15th Read More »
* Experts in Congo for talks on saving big three forests * Poor countries need incentives to save forest By Jonny Hogg GEMENA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 31 (Reuters) “Environmental experts from 35 countries were meeting in the Congo Republic, DRC’s smaller neighbour, on Tuesday for a week-long summit seeking ways to protect
NEWS: Congo’s poor need incentives to save giant forests Read More »
OPINION:
We think the Wall Street Journal is right in criticizing the IPCC’s report on Renewable Energy.
Why the WSJ is right in questioning the IPCC Read More »
The US Department of Energy announces a Manhattan Project for improved cookstoves. The goal? To produce cookstoves that reduce emissions by 90% and produce fuel savings of 50%.
A Manhattan Program for Improved Cookstoves Read More »
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