[Stoves] Description of the IU Friday's last technical session

[Ronal W. Larson]

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	This is to finish my description of the IU stove-women-environment event that ended last Friday.
		
II.    9:00 – 12:30 p.m. - Panel III: Policy and Fuel Use in Developing Countries

	This was the final set of four stove-oriented speakers - all with 25 minute time slots.  Their bios are mostly at the site https://international.uiowa.edu/funding/faculty/projects/provosts-global-forum/women%E2%80%99s-health-environment-going-smoke/2017-provost-0 <https://international.uiowa.edu/funding/faculty/projects/provosts-global-forum/women%E2%80%99s-health-environment-going-smoke/2017-provost-0> 
but I have tried to add more sites:

a.  Dr. Pam Jagger -  UNC - Chapel Hill  - coming at stoves from a social science perspective.
	See http://publicpolicy.unc.edu/people/pamela-jagger/ <http://publicpolicy.unc.edu/people/pamela-jagger/>
	She described a UNC group called  FUEL -  Forest use - Energy - Livelihoods; 
	She emphasized her interest was in Africa;  talked also about a Carolina Population Center of which her work is a part
	Her talk emphasized 5 main ideas  (hopefully fairly accurately transcribed).  She had plentiful slides and photos for each.
		1.  “Wood fuels are it,  for now and 25-50 years;  preferences are strong”
		2.   “LULCC is limiting supply of high quality biomass, and it matters”
		3.  “Practical innovation in delivery of sustainable fuel sources and improved  cooking”
		4.   “….  think artful about scope, scale and cost of efforts and  what they can deliver”
		5.  “It is not just about cooking”
(There is a great deal more to say about Dr.  Jagger’s work - so I’ll come back later on this. She was very knowledgeable on char-making stoves.)

b.  Prof.  Rajendra Prasad  - with IIT in Delhi
	His was the only bio missing at the bio site given earlier.  Here is one site for his bio:  http://crdt.iitd.ac.in/content/prof-prasad-rajendra <http://crdt.iitd.ac.in/content/prof-prasad-rajendra>
	He also has extensive experience with gasifiers stoves.  
	More of his talk was on LPG replacement.

c.   Madhu Sarin   Long-time stove activist .   She is now a Fellow with a forest preservation group “RRI"  (http://rightsandresources.org/en/#.WPUBglMrI6U <http://rightsandresources.org/en/#.WPUBglMrI6U>)  & Campaign for Survival & Dignity  https://forestrightsact.com/ <https://forestrightsact.com/> .  Not currently active in any stove program but her bio mentions prior work on a “Nada Chula” that I found at many places, such as http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pnaav641.pdf <http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pnaav641.pdf>.  The key here was adding a chimney.  Ms.  Sarin described the frustrations of not being given enough support to carry out a relatively low cost means of improving indoor air quality - almost 35 years ago.


d.  Jichong Wu   the GACC staffer responsible for  China  see http://cleancookstoves.org/about/our-team/42.html <http://cleancookstoves.org/about/our-team/42.html>
  Like India - more than 1 million early stove-related deaths in China;  more than 500 stove manufacturers in China
  Mentioned an improved  “Kang” stove (A bed heated from below by channels fed from a biomass stove.
  Review of the GACC-coordinated program in China called CCER (Carbon Credit for Emission Reductions).  See
 http://cleancookstoves.org/about/news/12-21-2016-new-stove-and-fuel-innovations-driving-consumer-use-in-china.html <http://cleancookstoves.org/about/news/12-21-2016-new-stove-and-fuel-innovations-driving-consumer-use-in-china.html>
  Has strong interest in policy topics.


II.   Discussion Period -  (covering all three days);   Samples of words heard:
        Center for International Forestry Research <http://www.cifor.org/> (www.cifor.org/);  
	  Using heat pumps for cooking;  
	Kirk Smith: Should not equate increased efficiency with health benefits - in absence of proof.
		can compare stove topics to vaccines for poor - should call support a social investment (as for schools)
		 you can’t make gas dirty - (vs solid fuels which can’t make such as strong claim) 
		stovers should not use the word “subsidy”;

	Note this was the end of the Friday morning session - no break for about 4 hours.  During lunch the IU organizers received thanks from the IU International program.

	After a long break, there was a final session with three writers (previously summarized).

Still coming - some concluding thoughts on this conference
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