Dispelling common misconceptions to improve attitudes and policy outlook on charcoal in developing countries

TL;DR: In this article , the authors analyzed impacts, perceptions, and feedback reactions among stakeholders after the charcoal ban was introduced in Kenya in February 2018, and data was collected through key informant interviews, focus group discussions, individual interviews, workshops, and surveys among value chain actors, organizations, and government agencies in Kwale, Taita Taveta and Mombasa counties in Kenya.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how national policies in Tanzania on energy, forests, agriculture, land, and water, consider charcoal, and the degree to which they do, and do not, support sustainable charcoal production.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors simulate, using multi-agent simulation model, the cropping decisions and a competing labour practice (charcoal production) by smallholder farmers surrounding the Dzalanyama Forest Reserve.

TL;DR: In this article , a multitemporal dataset of medium-resolution imagery was used to document a tree cover loss process in three forest reserves of Zambia, and the degradation process was attributed to charcoal production with a high degree of certainty, as evidence of kiln scars was found in more than 85% of sites sampled with high resolution imagery across the study areas.

TL;DR: The 2009 edition of the International Energy Agency's authoritative annual global energy projections as mentioned in this paper analyzes what the economic crisis will mean for energy markets and how the transition to a clean global energy system can be financed, focusing on three specific areas: financing energy investment under a post 2012 climate framework, prospects for natural gas markets, and energy trends in Southeast Asia.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the substitution of traditional biomass fuels by modern energy sources in the household sector of developing countries and show that this process is strongly dependent on urban size and, within cities, on household income.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply a multinomial logit formulation of the energy ladder to household energy-use data from Zimbabwe and show that although households do move away from wood to kerosene and electricity as their economic status improves, a large number of other factors are important in determining household fuel choice.

TL;DR: In this paper, a randomized control trial conducted in rural Orissa, India (one of the poorest places in India), on the benefits of a commonly used improved stove that laboratory tests showed to reduce indoor air pollution and require less fuel.