Household energy

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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Gender and energy: overcoming energy poverty and advancing just energy transitions

SEI is co-hosting a side event at the 2023 Regional Forum for Sustainable Development to discuss the intersection of gender and energy.

Event
Climate
Energy
Gender
Governance
28 March 2023
11:00 - 12:30 CET
Europe
Northern America
Central Asia
Western Asia

Two women cook around a wood-burning fire in South Africa.

SEI’s Rob Bailis talks to Global Dispatches podcast about new research on cleaner cooking for the climate

Perhaps counterintuitively, some fossil-based cooking fuels are better for climate and health than the biomass fuels used by 2.4 billion people, research shows.

Media coverage
Air
Climate
Economy
Energy
Health
Land
13 March 2023
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia
Americas
Oceania

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Household energy

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Governing bioeconomy pathways

Carbon lock-in

Gender and energy: overcoming energy poverty and advancing just energy transitions

SEI’s Rob Bailis talks to Global Dispatches podcast about new research on cleaner cooking for the climate

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