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class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width=640 style='width:384.0pt'><tr style='height:76.2pt'><td valign=top style='padding:4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt;height:76.2pt'><p><a name=top id=top></a><strong>In This Issue</strong><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=moNdRlAHoyocjp6j4G4cvQ">Radha's Message</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=0KByNmw0HrML_YgOMMA-3g">Rio+20: World Leaders Convene at UN Conference on Sustainable Development</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=3kxJTvkkQUuLygHfvLRTzw">Alliance Co-Hosts Clean Cookstoves Side-Event at World Health Assembly</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=b5GDcD8Snyp0u6cbF1hdog">Alliance to Issue Request for Proposals on Climate</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=lWC9H9_-IG9GM3_Iwi9JbA">Alliance Shares Market Intelligence from 16 Countries</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=bQ9ic3DLAAzFKH9ers1c2g">Cookstove Research on the Rise</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=LHsoBF8BXCByLqv0seXmbA">Alliance Jointly Hosts High Level Reception at Child Survival Summit </a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=Kjbp3CPVtqR_3WOtZJTgcw">Asian Development Bank Focuses on Clean Energy</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=7782koDspoQB-RyD5aunag">Alliance Welcomes New Manager for Standards and Testing</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=QJSxTpv7RMVnsyQkolgXNQ">Media Highlights</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=istPn1kkb6vd594fLWUFyQ">Partner’s Spotlight - Development Association for Rural Energies</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=7TDaxxU3UO0Rzo5lQxNj6Q">New Partners</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=77IFywW616Y6bp7cPHs1QQ">Upcoming Events</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul></td></tr><tr style='height:6.45in'><td valign=top style='padding:4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt;height:6.45in'><div><div><p><a name=a id=a2></a><strong><u>Radha's Message</u></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p>Dear Friends, <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 align=right width=191 style='width:114.6pt'><tr><td width=177 style='width:106.2pt;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=180 height=239 id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:image003.png@01CD4B08.338B2130" alt="Description: radha"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Radha Muthiah with Minister Hasan Mahmud at the Alliance Stakeholders Strategic Planning Workshop</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p>A few weeks ago I returned from Bangladesh where the Alliance, with the support of Relief International, held its Stakeholder Consultation and Strategic Planning Workshop. Once again we had a full house with over 100 participants representing the private sector, civil society, and various agencies of the Government of Bangladesh. The Honorable Dr. Hasan Mahmud, Minister for Environment and Forests, opened the workshop and welcomed us to Bangladesh, a country where 30 million households still rely on solid fuels to cook their daily meals and where women spend up to one third of their day searching for fuel and preparing their meals.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Bangladesh is also one of the countries most affected by the impact of climate change - prone to frequent flooding, cyclones, soil erosion, and salt intrusion into farmed fields. As with the Alliance workshop in East Africa, the main goals of the workshop were to elicit input from participants on the Alliance Strategic Business Plan and identify concrete actions on how to scale up clean cookstoves and fuels in Bangladesh. Donors such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, as well as partners like GIZ, Winrock, Grameen Shakti, and SNV, are either already active in the clean cookstove sector and fuels in Bangladesh or eager to scale up efforts. As a result of the priorities identified during the Bangladesh workshop, the Alliance is committed to generating public awareness around the clean cooking issue, supporting testing labs, and providing financing and capacity building assistance, including technology transfers from other countries.<o:p></o:p></p><p>One of our six value propositions is to advance standards and testing, and this past month we welcomed Dr. Ranyee Chiang as the Alliance's new Senior Technical Manager for Standards and Testing. Read more about our newest Secretariat team member <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=xQHch7C_qH1Ip5ZSpPlHIQ">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On June 13, the Alliance also participated in a roundtable dicussion on development and diplomacy through partnerships, convened by the U.S. Secretary of State's Global Partnership Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.<br><br>Smoke from inefficient cookstoves is harmful to the health of women and children. The leading cause of death among children under five in developing countries is pneumonia, and cookstove smoke directly contributes to this condition. Alongside USAID's Child Survival: Call to Action Summit held this week in Washington, D.C. by the governments of the United States, India, and Ethiopia, in collaboration with UNICEF. As part of the Alliance’s commitment to addressing child health, the Alliance hosted an evening reception. The event brought together leaders and experts on child survival and clean cooking solutions. See related <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=AHRXaXFD38e3zx9753Yq5Q">article</a> on this global summit that took place in Washington DC.<br><br>By the time this newsletter comes out, we will be on our way to Rio de Janeiro to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20. Many of our partners will also attend this historic event that is taking place twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, where countries adopted Agenda 21 - a blueprint to rethink economic growth, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection. Clean cookstoves are part and parcel of the clean energy agenda of the 21st century and a priority issue for developing countries. <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=xkJ2gR-mY3zLbkMxvQ4TfA">Read more</a> about how we plan to seize this opportunity and further position the Alliance and its mission at Rio+20.<br><br>The UN Conference in Rio also marks 10 years since the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) was launched. During the past decade, PCIA has grown to 590 partner organizations working in 117 countries, with partners reporting manufacturing and sales of more than 9.3 million improved cookstoves - including 3.6 million in 2011. In 2010, a plan was set forth to integrate the Partnership into the Alliance in order to achieve the goal of 100 million homes adopting clean cooking solutions by 2020. The integration is now officially underway. The Alliance will continue to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency staff to ensure alignment of goals and the establishment of a solid foundation to promote clean cooking solutions. <br><br>Lastly, be sure to read up on <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=GFY-e3JQyiOpR83wGKdI4A">Clean Energy Week</a> at the Asian Development Bank and to check out the <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=5dEjtUzy20dF0dUK7kiyGQ">media highlights</a> section, which includes a link to a <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=R-AytHJmQrRIm0MGBfmKpw">CNN video clip</a> that features a solar cooker, originally developed by Solar Cooker International for use in the refugee camps in northern Kenya. <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p><img border=0 width=71 height=32 id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CD4B08.338B2130" alt="Description: http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/images_update/radhasignature_final.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p><p>Radha Muthiah, Executive Director <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:556.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=45 height=845 id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CD4B08.338B2130" alt="Description: http://globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/cookstoves/images_update/partner_update_july11_r2_c3.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:556.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[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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