[Stoves] GACC promises and premises: looking back to 2010

[Nikhil Desai]

List members:

Back in 2010, soon after Mrs. Clinton had announced the creation of GACC at
the UN Foundation, there was an event on The Martha Stewart Show
demonstrating clean cookstoves;  *Clean Cookstoves Featured on The Martha
Stewart Show
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/clean-cookstoves/martha-stewart/prweb4923294.htm>.*


Below an excerpt from some promises made at the time and the premises
behind them.

I have some impressions of where things have gone since then, though not
quite sure where they stand for how long.

Since WHO was a Founding Partner, I suppose the creation of Guidelines for
Household Fuel Combustion can be said to have met the goal of developing
air quality guidelines, but I am not sure. (WHO already had IAQ Guidelines,
but of relevance to cookstove projects is whether in actual developing
country residential environments, having emission rate targets for
individual stoves is an adequate or even useful instrument for achieving
compliance with indoor air quality guidelines.

As things stand, the Alliance has three more years to go. Any views on what
it can accomplish in the next three years, or what plans should be made
beyond 2020 and by whom?

Nikhil

"The reductions in emissions achieved by clean cookstoves have the *potential
to create revenues from carbon credits. Stove companies can use this
revenue to reduce stove prices *or expand into new markets. More broadly,
the entire clean cookstove supply-chain should be a source of economic
opportunity and job creation at the local level.

To achieve its '100 by 20' goal, the Alliance w*ill establish industry
standards; spur innovative financing mechanisms; champion the cause across
the donor and development communities; develop indoor air quality
guidelines; address global tax and tariff barriers; field test clean stoves
and fuels; and develop research roadmaps across key sectors such as health,
climate, technology and fuels. *

*A thriving global industry for clean cooking solutions will provide a
range of long-term benefits for the entire world -- from improving global
health to combating climate change**.*
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