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Swedish authority invests a large sum on stoves – expert: ‘Surprised’

Dagens Nyheter performed an interview with Francis X. Johnson, SEI Senior Research Fellow, as part of the newspaper’s investigation into the Swedish Energy Agency’s CDM program, which are investing around 250 million SEK in more efficient cookstoves in developing countries.

Published on 12 December 2019
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Ylva Rylander / ylva.rylander@sei.org

The Swedish Energy Agency is investing SEK 252 million on energy-efficient stoves to be distributed to poor families in Africa, according to an article in Dagens Nyheter. It is an important part of the Swedish international program to buy emission reduction allowances in developing countries.

“I am surprised and skeptical that they have invested such a large sum on this type of stove project,” said Francis X Johnson, Senior Research Fellow at Stockholm Environment Institute to Dagens Nyheter.

Their investigation found a number of concerns related to the likelihood of achieving real emissions reduction from the investments.

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