[Stoves] News 13 September 2016: Stoves in Uganda for climate adaptation

[Traveller]

Any interest in/information on cooking in Uganda? I had taken some interest
in LPG and electricity there ten years ago.

A press release by CDKN - an Alliance financed by Anglo-Dutch grants as
GACC  - below.

Their 2015 report Economic Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change in
Uganda
<http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Uganda_CC-economics_Final-Report2.pdf>
asserted,
without any evidence or theory, that adoption of more efficient
wood/charcoal stoves/kilns, as also LPG and solar cookers, was "critical"
(to whom, I wonder) "even without climate change" and recommended immediate
("short-term) allocation of $118 m as "cost of adaptation", whatever that
means.

That's less than $4/capita for Ugandan population reliant on traditional,
inefficient cooking.

They declare, "The cost of adaptation is high, but the cost of inaction is
24-46 times greater."

Nice slogan. Cooked up numbers.
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There's more on stoves in Uganda:

US envoy roots for clean cooking technologies
<http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1433133/us-envoy-roots-clean-cooking-technologies>
New
Vision, 19 August 2016: Ambassador Malac at the Cookstove Summit:""These
initiatives are not just important in improving the health of Ugandans and
the environment of the country they are also beneficial to the broader East
African Community," Malac said. The cookstoves summit which attracted
participants from Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda was convened by International
Development Design Summit (IDDS) in partnership with Global Alliance for
Clean Cookstoves and Uganda National Alliance on Clean Cooking (UNACC)."

Efforts ramped up towards cleaning cooking
<http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1433954/efforts-ramped-cleaning-cooking>,
New Vision, 29 August 2016. It mentions a baraza, a word I haven't seen
before.

I do know, though, that Kampala for years had an annual energy efficiency
bazaar, started perhaps by a gtz advisor Philippe Simonis (who had been in
Rwanda until the genocide; I discovered his books one day, and was told he
never returned).

ESMAP has given a $2.2 m grant to promote stoves: ESMAP Brings Innovation
to Increase Adoption of Cleaner, More Efficient Cookstoves in Households
across Uganda. <https://www.esmap.org/node/57099> 4 July 2016. Says this
was in the context of a national biomass energy strategy, which makes good
sense.

ESMAP says, "In preparation for the project, ESMAP conducted *The
Willingness to Pay and Consumer Acceptance Assessment for Clean Cooking in
Uganda*. The 10-week trial showed that efficient, clean cookstoves on
average displaced 60% of traditional cooking resulting in about 25% of fuel
savings. The assessment also found that when stove purchase installment
plans were offered, the consumers’willingness to pay increased
considerably. The results have informed the shortlisting of candidate
products for competition under the DCF."

This too makes sense. They didn't wait for the EPA WBTs and VPTs. The Project
Identification Document
<http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/231041468308072320/pdf/SG-PRW-PID-CP-P153679-07-29-2015-1438197666031.pdf>
also
looks sensible - the objectives are market penetration and avoidance of
black carbon emissions. No reduction in premature mortality is promised.

Just as more efficient woodstoves make sense in the context of a biomass
energy strategy - which can be debated; I severely and unfairly criticized
an effort in this direction circa 1999 (in part because it advocated
biomass power, which I am not convinced of) - certifiably cleaner cookstoves
make sense in the context of an air quality improvement strategy. GACC
folks betray zilch enthusiasm for air quality management. WHO ditto,
despite the talk. Someone should go to the AWMA.

There is also some effort at promoting low-cost stoves "Marin campaign
promotes clean cookstoves for Ugandans
<http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20160830/NEWS/160839981>" 30 August
2016. Social entrepreneurs from Marin County, CA.

Nikhil



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*Uganda faces critical policy choices in fight against climate change
<http://cdkn.org/resource/outlook-uganda-faces-critical-policy-choices-fight-climate-change/?loclang=en_gb>*
Uganda is a low-income country whose economy has recently enjoyed a growth
spurt. Uganda’s leaders have set their sights on achieving upper middle
income status in a generation’s time.

However, climate change could have a deep influence on Uganda’s development
progress. Highly dependent on the climate-sensitive sectors of agriculture,
tourism, water and energy, Uganda has suffered more frequent droughts,
floods and other extreme climate events in recent decades. The economy and
population are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

CDKN has been working with the Government of Uganda to:

·       Assess the economic impacts of climate change on the country’s most
important sectors

·       Prepare and implement Uganda’s Intended Nationally Determined
Contribution

·       Ensure the provision of safe water for rural populations

·       Support decision-making, implementation and the social and economic
impacts of climate risk-induced resettlement in urban areas

·       Support energy solutions for clean cooking

 In the new publication ‘Climate and Development Outlook: Uganda Special
Edition’, CDKN’s Senior Strategic Advisor for Uganda, Revocatus
Twinomuhangi describes the everyday reality of climate change for Ugandans,
and the critical policy choices which face the country today.

This edition of Outlook also includes an interview with Mr. Chebet Maikut,
Commissioner of Uganda’s Climate Change Department.
 Access the new publication here.
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Development Knowledge Network    *



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