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After a long and careful search, the Alliance is proud to announce that Radha Muthiah will take over as Executive Director, effective September 1 of this year. Radha brings more than two decades of experience successfully fostering partnerships and alliances in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. In particular, she has broad experience in leading organizations through transition and toward new opportunities and in developing and executing innovative business models to promote economic development. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Before joining the Alliance, Radha served as the Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and Alliances at CARE International, USA. As a member of CARE’s senior management team, she led efforts to create and leverage the organization’s strategic partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, leading universities, and NGOs. Radha first joined CARE as the Assistant Country Director in India, where she oversaw the programmatic, personnel, budgetary, management, and administrative components of the country program and managed CARE’s interactions and partnerships at the national and state government levels. Born in London and raised in Kuala Lumpur, she holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from Tufts University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University. Her experience also includes leadership roles focused on branding, partnership development, and management at ICF International, the American Red Cross, and Mercer Management Consulting.<o:p></o:p></p><p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=279 height=170 src="cid:image011.jpg@01CC4B95.13C241D0" align=left alt="Leslie Cordes" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]>Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts has signed on as Global Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.As Ambassador, Ms. Roberts will help the Alliance raise domestic and international awareness of the health, environmental, and economic impacts faced by millions of people around the world from the use of traditional cookstoves and open fires. <br>Ms. Roberts first learnedabout the Alliance earlier this year while interviewing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – an enthusiastic advocate for the Alliance – for a television special entitled “Extraordinary Moms” that was broadcast on the OprahWinfrey Network. She has also collaborated with Secretary Clinton to promote clean cooking solutions in opinion pieces and news stories that have appeared in publications such as <em>USA Today, TIME Magazine, </em>and<em> Politico.</em><o:p></o:p></p><p>“Nearly 2 million people around the world – mostly women and children – die each year from an activity that many of us take for granted: cooking for our families,” Roberts – herself a wife and mother – said upon becoming Global Ambassador. “I am proud to stand with Secretary Clinton to work to reduce the senseless and preventable deaths from unsafe cooking conditions in developing countries, and I look forward to contributing to the important work of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.”<o:p></o:p></p><p><b><img width=608 height=45 id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:image007.gif@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/spacer.gif"></b><b><u><br clear=all><strong>New African Partners Join the Alliance</strong></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Leslie Cordes" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:290.25pt;height:158.25pt;z-index:4;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=387 height=211 src="cid:image012.jpg@01CC4B95.13C241D0" align=left alt="Leslie Cordes" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]>On the heels of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Africa in mid-June, the governments of Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, and Rwanda, together with the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, joined Tanzania as the newest national partners to join the Alliance! <o:p></o:p></p><p>The seven African partners join our 100 plus partners to overcome market barriers and achieve global-scale production, deployment, and use of clean cookstoves in the developing world. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Some of these countries have already established specific goals for bringing clean cooking solutions to their populations, which have long suffered from health complications related to polluting and inefficient cooking. For example, Ethiopia has a goal of reaching nine million homes over the coming five years, while the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, which includes as founding partners four Nigerian federal agencies, has a goal of reaching 10 million homes in the coming decade. Others like Burkina Faso, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania have longstanding expertise, high-level commitment, and many innovative domestic activities in this sector. Lesotho is planning domestic manufacturing of advanced solid biomass cookstoves via a local partner of the multinational corporation Royal Philips Electronics.<o:p></o:p></p><p>These new partners will be critical as the Alliance works to achieve its ‘100 by ’20’ goal. The Alliance is grateful for their leadership and partnership, and looks forward to working closely together towards our collective and ambitious goals.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The new African partners join other Alliance national partners – Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Peru, and the United States. <o:p></o:p></p><p><b><img width=608 height=45 id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image007.gif@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/spacer.gif"></b><b><u><br clear=all><strong>Alliance Working Groups Submit their Priority Roadmaps</strong></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p>The Alliance’s Working Groups and Cross-Cutting Committees, including more than 350 experts on issues ranging from health, gender, humanitarian, climate research, finance and investment to standards and testing and monitoring and evaluation, have recently submitted their ‘Roadmap Recommendations,’ intended to identify the key priorities for creating a thriving global market for clean cooking solutions. Unlike the Early Action recommendations submitted earlier, which identify actions which would have an immediateimpact on the sector, these recommendations focus on activities that would enable 100 million households to adopt clean and efficient stoves by 2020.<o:p></o:p></p><p>In late June, the Alliance convened a two-day meeting of Working Group Co-Chairs and Coordinators to begin the process of weaving both the early-action items and the long-term roadmap recommendations into a broad strategy that will help define the sector’s ability to reach scale. Each Working Group presented its findings, and smaller breakout sessions later combined experts from different priority areas to identify major themes, priorities, and trends for the sector.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The recommendations will be used to create an integrated strategic ‘roadmap’ report that will foster a unified vision of the sector and serve to inform donors and policymakers of the steps and resources needed to meet the ‘100 by ’20’ goal. The report is expected to be released in early fall and will be distributed widely.<o:p></o:p></p><p><b><img width=608 height=45 id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image007.gif@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/spacer.gif"></b><b><u><br clear=all><strong>UN General Assembly to Highlight NCDs in September</strong></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Leslie Cordes" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:155.25pt;height:99.75pt;z-index:5;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=207 height=133 src="cid:image013.jpg@01CC4B95.13C241D0" align=left alt="Leslie Cordes" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]>As the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves calls attention to the health complications caused by cooking with inefficient cookstoves and traditional open fires, a special focus is on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – ailments like cancer, lung disease and others that are not contagious. These comprise more than 40% of diseases worldwide and are increasing rapidly, anticipated to cause 70% of all deaths by 2020. The United Nations General Assembly is convening a High-Level Meeting on NCDs in New York in September, and we are working with our partners in the global health and advocacy communities, as well as the US Department of State, Centers for Disease Control, and the National Institutes of Health, to ensure that the complications from cookstove smoke – including NCDs like lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic lung disease – are recognized by the General Assembly and other key stakeholders. As an article in <em>The Lancet </em>recently made clear, NCDs are an impediment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.<o:p></o:p></p><p><b><img width=608 height=45 id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image007.gif@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/spacer.gif"></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><u>Partner Spotlight: World Health Organization Setting First Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Household Fuel Combustion</u></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_s1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/WHOlogo.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:154.5pt;height:51.75pt;z-index:6;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=206 height=69 src="cid:image014.jpg@01CC4B95.13C241D0" align=left alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/WHOlogo.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"><![endif]>World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines often form the basis for the development of standards and policies, particularly in developing countries. In recognition of the substantial burden of death and illness associated with indoor air pollution from cooking and heating with solid fuels, the Alliance, along with the German international development agency GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) and Health Canada, funded WHO’s launch of a process to set the first Indoor Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) for household fuel combustion earlier this year. A key objective of these guidelines will be to promote and guide policy on access to clean household energy in developing countries and supplement WHO’s AQGs for combustion-related air pollutants.<o:p></o:p></p><p>In January, WHO’s Nigel Bruce and Heather Adair-Rohani, in collaboration with Michal Krzyzanowski, convened a technical meeting to finalize the scope of the indoor air guidelines for household fuel combustion. The draft guidelines are expected to: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'>Set interim targets based on improved fuel and/or stove combinations that result in substantial decreases in exposure to harmful pollutants. WHO and the Alliance will work together to ensure that standards developed for cleaner stoves and fuels are consistent with these interim targets. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'>Provide an estimate of the health benefits expected every time an interim target is achieved, in order to encourage interventions that provide substantial health benefits. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'>Offer specific recommendations for the use of selected fuels posing specific health concerns, such as coal or kerosene, and circumstances in which certain fuels should be avoided altogether, such as coal contaminated with arsenic and/or fluorine. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'>Discuss factors to consider when developing market-based approaches to dissemination of the guidelines, including the role of the public sector, regionally specific concerns, and the challenges of promoting equity and reaching the most vulnerable populations. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'>Emphasize the importance of monitoring and evaluation. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p>Since the guidelines are intended for a public health audience as well as stakeholders from other settings, including pollution control boards, stove developers, implementers, health policy analysts, and development specialists, WHO plans to work closely at the country level, and also develop tailored guidance materials, to ensure that key stakeholders understand the relevance of these guidelines and the potential implications for their work. <o:p></o:p></p><p>The guidelines are expected to be released in 2012, following a stakeholder meeting and development of a distribution plan.<o:p></o:p></p><p><b><img width=608 height=45 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image007.gif@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/spacer.gif"></b><b><u><br clear=all><strong>Sign up as an Alliance Partner</strong></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8" o:spid="_x0000_s1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Leslie Cordes" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:3in;height:2in;z-index:7;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=288 height=192 src="cid:image015.jpg@01CC4B95.13C241D0" align=left alt="Leslie Cordes" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"><![endif]>The Alliance is always seeking additional partners who embrace our far-reaching vision and are interested in providing leadership, funding, expertise, in-kind resources, and/or other support to advance the Alliance’s mission. We invite interested representatives from all stakeholder communities – including the private sector, United Nations, women’s groups, government, philanthropy, policy-making, research and development – to join the Alliance as partners in the design and implementation of our programs<span style='color:black'><br> </span>and advocacy efforts.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>To become a partner of the Alliance, please visit: <br><a href="http://cleancookstoves.org/the-alliance/partnership-opportunities/"><strong>http://cleancookstoves.org/the-alliance/partnership-opportunities/</strong></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong>Thank you for your support!</strong><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td width=45 style='width:33.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=1 style='width:1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=66 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image005.png@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/spacer.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=730 colspan=3 style='width:547.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=730 height=56 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image016.gif@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/partner_update_july11_r3_c1.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=1 style='width:1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=56 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image017.png@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/spacer.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=730 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:547.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=730 style='width:547.5pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:18.75pt 18.75pt 18.75pt 18.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://cleancookstoves.org/overview/">Overview</a> - <a href="http://cleancookstoves.org/the-alliance/">The Alliance</a> - <a href="http://cleancookstoves.org/resources/">Resources</a> - <a href="http://cleancookstoves.org/about-us/">About Us</a> - <a href="http://cleancookstoves.org/working-groups/">Working Groups</a> - <a href="http://cleancookstoves.org/about-us/contact/">Contact Us</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves - ©2011 United Nations Foundation<br>1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 400<br>Washington, DC 20036<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/partner_update_july11.htm">View the July 2011 newsletter online</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td width=1 style='width:1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=66 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image005.png@01CC4B95.13C241D0" alt="http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/spacer.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>