Editor’s choice
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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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Media coverage / How can the world fulfill Europe's liquefied natural gas needs without Russia? The rest of the developed world must lower demand, SEI's Peter Erickson says.
Feature / Governments need to allocate funds for culture in a way that helps the sector become more sustainable.
Feature / Looking for ideas for green New Year's resolutions? Follow these six tips from SEI researchers to have a more sustainable year in 2022.
SEI brief / Although a subsidy programme in India has encouraged adoption of modern cooking gas, households have not shifted away from using highly polluting solid fuels.
Journal article / This study finds significant bias in the self-reported household clean cooking surveys that are prevalent in developing countries.
Journal article / Researchers analyze case studies and data on the prevalence of cookstove "stacking," in which households often mix stove types, undermining clean cooking goals.
Journal article / The effectiveness systematic review assesses the overall impact of residential energy efficiency, including installations and behaviour interventions.
Feature / SEI researchers offer advice on how to have a more environmentally friendly Christmas this year.
Journal article / This research explores how using grates and rock beds in open fire cooking can reduce harmful emissions and wood consumption in remote, low-income locations.
