[Stoves] Children compared in terms of air pollution

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear friends

The following is from a note circulated by Dr Yabei Zhang.

There are good references in it.

Regards
Crispin

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In case you missed it, the New York Times just published an interactive look<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Finteractive%2F2020%2F12%2F17%2Fworld%2Fasia%2Findia-pollution-inequality.html&data=04%7C01%7C%7C0e419fd1b3a042f73e8808d8a2d8a0ec%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637438398595353137%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=YctjBywLdyHSgf6IqZeIeaAnBVaWtNFdvq91jK%2FeuVo%3D&reserved=0> at the effects of inequality on air pollution exposure in the lives of two children – one poorer, one wealthier – living in one of the world’s most polluted cities, New Delhi. Through engaging visuals and data, the story shows how much air pollution the children were exposed to over a single day, including as their breakfasts and dinners were being cooked at home.
Monu, a child from a poor family, was exposed to about four times as much pollution as Aamya, a child from an upper-middle-class family. The article makes the case that broader action – including scaling up access to clean cooking solutions – needs to be taken to make India’s air healthy for everybody.
Another article from VoxDev Do improved cooking stoves inevitably go up in smoke? Evidence from India and Senegal<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvoxdev.org%2Ftopic%2Fenergy-environment%2Fdo-improved-cooking-stoves-inevitably-go-smoke-evidence-india-and-senegal&data=04%7C01%7C%7C0e419fd1b3a042f73e8808d8a2d8a0ec%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637438398595363128%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Cb6RE0pP4iRNXVEzFJs2U%2BDDoa1ySt%2FiSD%2BzpokeJkc%3D&reserved=0> shows that recent studies offer promising evidence on the impacts of improved cooking stoves:
1) Many energy-poor households desire alternatives to traditional stoves;
2) Modern stoves can improve welfare over the medium/long term.

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