WASHplus Weekly – Issue 166 | Oct 24, 2014 | Focus on Clean Cookstoves
This issue highlights recent reports, articles, announcements, and upcoming events related to clean cookstoves. Included are a review of the evidence on behavior change techniques in clean cooking interventions and a systematic review of Chinese language literature on adoption of improved stoves and clean fuels.
REPORTS
The Use of Behaviour Change Techniques in Clean Cooking Interventions to Achieve Health, Economic and Environmental Impact: A Review of the Evidence and Scorecard of Effectiveness, 2014. N Goodwin. (LINK)
The aim of this study is to review the use of behavior change approaches for clean cooking interventions in resource-poor settings. Using publicly available data, the report synthesizes the evidence of the use of behavior change techniques (BCTs) for human and environmental outcomes and impact. The report includes a set of case studies on selected interventions that use BCTs and applies a scorecard to assess the effectiveness of each intervention’s approach to behavior change. It also includes a set of recommendations for the clean cooking sector to consider.
Chinese Literature Review on Adoption of Clean Cookstoves and Fuels, 2014. Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. (LINK)
In 2013, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves supported a systematic review of Chinese language literature on the adoption of improved stoves and clean fuels to complement a DFID-commissioned review conducted by the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre at the University of Liverpool. More than 100 studies across Asia, Africa, and Latin America were reviewed to identify the key enablers and barriers influencing the adoption of improved stoves and clean fuel.
The 2013 Results Report: Sharing Progress on the Path to Adoption of Cleaner and More Efficient Cooking Solutions, 2014. Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC). (LINK)
The 2013 Results Report is the second GACC report illuminating traction and trends in the cookstove and fuel sector. Building on results reporting first conducted in 2012, this report tracks partners’ self-reported progress in 2013 toward their shared adoption goal. As such, where possible, the report also offers year-over-year analysis of GACC partner activities, including analyses comparing new and repeat respondents to ensure that results are accurately stated and interpreted.
Sharing the Load: Public and Private Sector Roles in Financing Pro-Poor Energy Access, 2014. E Wilson. (LINK)
In this report the authors present some innovations and challenges in financing pro-poor energy access. They highlight the need to identify those population segments (low-income, subsistence, or extreme poverty) that can be reached most effectively by public, private, and combined finance models.
ARTICLES
Empowering Women through Clean Energy Stretches from India to Africa.Frontlines, Sept/Oct 2014. G Koclar. (LINK)
In 2012, USAID awarded a $1 million, three-year grant to implement the Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Clean Energy (wPOWER) program in India. wPOWER aims to popularize the concept of clean energy and the environment by empowering female entrepreneurs to educate people in their communities on the benefits of using clean energy products such as clean cookstoves—and make them customers.
EVENTS
Online Q&A: What Have We Learned about Consumer Preferences of Cookstoves in Bangladesh and Indonesia? Sept 2014. Clean Cookstove Initiative. (LINK)
The World Bank’s Clean Cookstove Initiative recently hosted an online question and answer session focused on key findings and lessons learned from two studies of consumer preferences for improved cookstoves in Bangladesh and Indonesia. The consumer preference studies were conducted by the USAID-funded WASHplus project and the Indonesia Clean Stove Initiative, respectively.
October 27, 2014 – Webinar: Chinese Literature Review on Adoption of Clean Cookstoves and Fuels. Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. (LINK)
This webinar will present the results of a systematic review of Chinese language literature on the key enablers and barriers influencing the adoption of improved stoves and clean fuels. (See description of literature review under Reports, above.)
November 10-12, 2014 – India Clean Cookstoves Forum 2014. (LINK)
The ICCF 2014 will bring together practitioners, project developers, investors, banks, researchers, social enterprises, government and donor agencies, as well as foundations and NGOs to discuss the next steps to tackle the challenges hindering the large-scale adoption of improved cookstoves in India.
November 20–21, 2014 – The Cookstoves Future Summit: Fueling Markets, Catalyzing Action, Changing Lives. Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (LINK)
GACC’s Cookstoves Future Summit in New York City will bring leaders from across the international community together to celebrate progress in spurring adoption of clean cooking solutions and galvanize further efforts to address the deadly issue of household air pollution.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Clean Cookstoves Pilot Innovation Fund Round III, 2014. Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. (LINK)
GACC’s Pilot Innovation Fund (PIF) is a grant facility focused on providing funding to innovative projects that seek to develop, pilot, or test new clean cooking technologies or business models with a focus on ultimate commercial viability. The application deadline is October 31, 2014, 6 pm EST. The PIF will provide funding up to $150,000 to at least five qualifying organizations. Download the full RFP.
Data Mapping Energy Access Projects in Humanitarian Settings, 2014. SAFE Initiative. (LINK)
The SAFE Initiative (Safe Access to Fuels and Energy) is data mapping all energy access projects in humanitarian environments. If your organization or company has been involved in providing energy access through clean cookstoves in a relief setting, and you want to be included in this public data map, please contact Aneri Patel at patel@unfoundation.org. All submissions will be uploaded here.
UNC Public Policy Faculty Receive $2.5 Million from NIEHS, 2014. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (LINK)
University of North Carolina Public Policy Professor Sudhanshu Handa and Assistant Professor Pamela Jagger received $2.5 million in funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to support their project, the Health and Poverty Effects of a Large-Scale Cookstove Initiative in Rwanda. The project evaluates the impact of a private sector cookstove and fuel distribution intervention on exposure to airborne pollutants, health, and poverty.
INFOGRAPHICS
Invest in the Future of Clean Cooking, 2014. Global Alliance for Clean Cooking. (LINK)
This infographic depicts the benefits of investing in market-based solutions to increase the adoption of clean cookstoves and fuels to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment.
