cookstoves

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.

A political economy perspective on technology innovation in the Kenyan clean cookstove sector

Journal article / After decades of programmes, there is a need to better understand if clean cookstoves are really transforming household energy use, and if not why not.

Household air pollution following replacement of traditional open fire with an improved rocket type cookstove

Journal article / This study assesses changes in carbon monoxide concentrations in kitchens after introduction of improved rocket mud stoves in Western Kenya.

The journey to clean cooking: practical insights from case studies in Kenya and Zambia

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How Kenya can transform the charcoal sector and create new opportunities for low-carbon rural development

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Behavioural drivers of stove uptake in Kenya and Zambia

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Using service design to understand cookstove uptake

Perspective / We look at testing a new approach for understanding what it is about cooking behaviour that blocks the uptake of improved stoves.

What makes an ‘improved’ stove worth using? Insights from India

Perspective / Results from a project offering electric, gas and efficient wood cookstoves suggest only aspirational technologies really appeal. But how much are they used?

Can health campaigns spur adoption of clean cookstoves?

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