Powering health with energy in low-income and middle-income countries

Rob Bailis

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00526-1

7 reasons why behavioural science is crucial to sustainability

Feature / If environmental crisis is caused by people, then people are the solution. How can we trigger change? Insights from behavioural science provide clues.

31 July 2018 / About Behaviour and choice, Innovation, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

User perceptions about the adoption and use of ethanol fuel and cookstoves in Maputo, Mozambique

Journal article / Understanding the barriers to the uptake of ethanol stove technologies by eliciting users' perception, adoption, and use patterns of ethanol

11 April 2018 / About Energy access and Household energy

Living with smoke

Feature / Get a glimpse of what it means to live with air pollution in Mukuru informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.

29 May 2018 / About Cities, Energy access, Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

Integrated assessment of short-lived climate pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Other publication / Report shows how cutting air pollution in LAC region can limit global warming, prevent thousands of premature deaths, and benefit agriculture.

18 April 2018 / About Mitigation, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

burning sugarcane harvesting process Malawi

Household air pollution in low and middle income countries

Journal article / Household air pollution, caused by use of biomass fuels and coal, is a major problem in low and middle income countries

19 December 2017 / About Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Behavioural drivers tell us why the use of clean cookstoves is so low

Press release / The World Health Organization estimates that millions of people die every year from lung and heart disease caused by cooking with solid fuels.

5 December 2017 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access and Household energy

The Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning – Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC)

SEI brief / Factsheet describing the LEAP-IBC tool and its application for assessing impact of air quality, climate change and energy policy scenarios

30 November 2017 / About Cities, Climate policy, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

Beyond buying: the application of service design methodology to understand adoption of clean cookstoves in Kenya and Zambia

Journal article / Mapping user journeys reveals shifting motivations for adoption and long-term use of advanced cookstoves, in Kenyan and Zambian case studies.

30 November 2017 / About Behaviour and choice

Illustration of buildings amongst polluted air

New interdisciplinary research network to tackle air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa

Feature / This new network will engage with communities in Nairobi using theatre, visual arts, mobile phones, games, story-telling and music.

4 September 2017 / About Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants, Transport and Wellbeing