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

[tmiles at trmiles.com]

You should contact GACC about plans for the future. 

 

From: Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Nikhil Desai
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 9:24 PM
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Subject: [Stoves] GACC promises and premises: looking back to 2010

 

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 will 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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