<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">List:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Apologies for sending this to the many of you already receiving this. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I enjoy these any time, and this has some important news items. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>But I mainly am sending this to encourage participating in their annual survey (3rd item down). My survey response centered on char-making stove development (lack of by GACC). Mostly I was supportive of GACC.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There is also one-time notice (5th item down) of an upcoming vote in the ISO process - this time on field testing. I’m a participant if anyone has a message they want in.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I think the message below should still have active links. If not, I think it will open at: </div><div class=""> <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/MessageViewer?autologin=true&em_id=74308.0&s_AffiliateSecCatId=1&dlv_id=96295&pw_id=3281" class="">http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/MessageViewer?autologin=true&em_id=74308.0&s_AffiliateSecCatId=1&dlv_id=96295&pw_id=3281</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ron</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves" <<a href="mailto:info@cleancookstoves.org" class="">info@cleancookstoves.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">December News: 2016 Progress Report; Forums in Asia, Africa, and Latin America</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">December 29, 2016 at 8:56:15 AM MST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Ronal Larson" <<a href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net" class="">rongretlarson@comcast.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves <<a href="mailto:info@cleancookstoves.org" class="">info@cleancookstoves.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; 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font-size: 10pt;" class=""><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Trocchi, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 1em; font-weight: 600;">Radha's Letter</td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td width="200" align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1em;" class=""><img src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/29-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Radha Muthiah" width="180" height="180" style="border: 0px; line-height: 13.333332061767578px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Dear Friends,</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">As 2016 comes to a close, it’s a fitting time to look back on a year that was full of progress, as well as change.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">There is much to be proud of, as the <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=vA_PvX-cKgmrxW6TB0VgTw" style="color: blue;" class="">2016 Progress Report</a> released earlier this month showed. More than 53 million clean and/or efficient cookstoves and fuels have been distributed from 2010-2015, and the proportion of higher-performing cookstoves in the biomass stoves market is increasing every year. 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font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=w0fHpwTM3vLdMgGJjnZ8hA" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">2016 Progress Report released</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">The 2016 Progress Report, which includes noteworthy accomplishments from across the clean cooking sector, highlights the continuing momentum as the Alliance’s more than 1,600 partners work toward the goal of enabling 100 million households to adopt clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels by 2020.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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This short 10-minute survey is a great opportunity to have your voice heard and share your thoughts on how the Alliance can best support the sector in the the coming years</span></span>.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td align="center" bgcolor="#267d84" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 8px 12px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;" class=""><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=UNDTgVHWw16XKnlMWTJhWQ" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">TAKE THE SURVEY</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 1em;" class=""><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=MqNipqWzcBLCUM_sEargYw" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Pilot projects in China show positive results</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Earlier this month the Alliance joined China's Ministry of Agriculture to co-host a stakeholder meeting where local Chinese government officials and stove and fuel producers reported final results from seven Alliance pilot projects.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td width="180" align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><img src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/China_Visit_email_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt="gac16: December newsletter_China" width="160" height="160" style="border: 0px; line-height: 13.333332061767578px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 10px 0px 1em;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=urGMDtOWdEUNaUheNHW9oQ" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Top 3 takeaways from Clean Cooking Forums in Asia, Africa, and Latin America</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 2em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class="">Read highlights from three Clean Cooking Forums that happened this month in India, Nigeria, and Colombia</span>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 1em;" class=""><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=szd448Gw6TQZ7nu8FRK1Aw" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Ballot open for ISO standards document and field testing</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Experts from 43 participating countries and 8 international liaison organizations will soon be voting on a document to standardize terminology for communicating, understanding, and improving stove and fuel performance and adoption.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td width="180" align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><img src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/ISO_standards_email_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt="gac16: December newsletter_ISO" width="160" height="160" style="border: 0px; line-height: 13.333332061767578px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 10px 0px 1em;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=ncyGruHPpDjoQx63XmfDjQ" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Alliance conducts first Boost Workshop in India</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 2em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class="">The Alliance, in conjunction with the India Clean Cooking Forum 2016, conducted a workshop to help participating enterprises apply for grants, investments, awards, and capacity development programs</span>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 1em;" class=""><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=7_7Y6r2yrvi9HAzuWiSqtA" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Moving forward with energy: the 2016 SAFE Humanitarian Workshop</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class=""><span class="">The Alliance and its partners hosted the third annual </span><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=yy467Q1D-GxJm6fPV742Ig" style="color: blue;" class="">SAFE Humanitarian Workshop</a><span class=""> in Rwanda – the only global event that brings together stakeholders to discuss how to improve energy access for refugees, internally displaced persons, and those affected by natural disasters</span>.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td width="180" align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><img src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/SAFE_Workshop_email_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt="gac16: December newsletter_SAFE" width="160" height="160" style="border: 0px; line-height: 13.333332061767578px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 10px 0px 1em;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=5YbEZSNd4yCJMLyCWzOJ2w" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Alliance promotes climate and health co-benefits of cookstoves and fuels</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 2em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class="">The Alliance is participating in several new opportunities to promote clean cooking within broader environmental and public health agendas to ensure co-benefits of cleaner, more efficient cookstoves and fuels.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Trocchi, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 10px; font-weight: 600;">Sector News</td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2 news-stories" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 1em 0px 0px; color: rgb(151, 151, 151); line-height: 1.4em;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 1em;" class=""><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=IDQ6Mx9llNDJlUnpMfNi2Q" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">First cookstoves store opens in Guatemala</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class="">The first Estufas Mejoradas y Mas (Clean Cookstoves and More) store opened in Sumpango, Guatemala and will be managed by three aspiring women entrepreneurs.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td width="180" align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><img src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/Guatemala_Store_email_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt="gac16: December newsletter_Guatemala Store" width="160" height="160" style="border: 0px; line-height: 13.333332061767578px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 10px 0px 1em;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=y-WP6uhxN0WrNSFC15eY7A" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">U.S. EPA awards Green Tech Funding to company designing cleaner, more efficient stoves</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 2em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class="">The U.S. EPA awarded $100,000 to San Diego-based Hi-Z Technology, Inc. to continue its design work to create a biofueled stove to provide on-demand power with reduced emissions for household use in developing countries.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 1em;" class=""><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=FueKD44LO_pFZ73aILFWSw" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Envirofit and Honduran government to partner on cookstoves impact study</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Envirofit is partnering with Berkeley Air Monitoring Group to conduct a comprehensive, large-scale study on the impact of cookstoves in Honduran households by directly monitoring changes in indoor air pollution with clean cookstove use. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="responsive-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td width="180" align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><img src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/envirofit_email_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt="gac16: December newsletter_Envirofit" width="160" height="120" style="border: 0px; line-height: 13.333332061767578px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 10px 0px 1em;"><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=y0FQu2KAPf3war8Dvv4dJg" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 125, 132); line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Cooking emissions an overlooked contributor to air pollution in India</a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td class="mobile-text padding2" align="left" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 2em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class=""><span class=""><span class="">Traffic is being forcibly reduced. Construction projects are put on hold. 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