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Around 2.4 billion people use biomass fuels - wood, charcoal and animal dung - for their domestic energy needs. These are typically burned in inefficient stoves or on open fires, with serious consequences for health and the environment. SEI identifies and designs actions to help households transition to cleaner technologies and energy sources.
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Journal article / Biomass cookstoves remain a major source of harmful air pollution. This article analyses the research and policy landscape on these cookstoves' emissions.
Perspective / Cold homes and rising power bills are fuelling public anger and challenging trust in how Sweden’s energy transition is being managed.
Collection / Explore SEI's research on indoor air quality, its impacts on health and wellbeing, and how tackling air pollution is a win for both climate and human health.
Journal article / Household cooking contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants, especially where charcoal, kerosene are widely used.
Perspective / The UK should shift from national, top-down retrofit schemes to locally led delivery, explains SEI’s Luke Gooding in an Inside Housing op-ed.
Perspective / Ukraine is emerging as the first real test for global climate finance, and reforms are needed in the country to enable effective investment from the EU.
Journal article / This study analyses the climate implications of deep renovation and energy supply decarbonization in Estonia.
Project / Exploring how local champions, trusted advice and accessible finance can support home retrofit uptake in York and North Yorkshire.
Project / This project explores how a lack of access to energy for mobility and transport interacts with energy access in the home impacts quality of life.
