What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America?
Twenty million people in Central America cook with biomass using open fires or rudimentary stoves. The number of people using biomass for cooking in the region will remain significant for a long time due to high incidence of poverty, high Liquid Pe...
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ABS ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE FUELS AMBIENT AIR AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION ANNUAL PRODUCTION APPLIANCES APPROACH ATMOSPHERE BIOMASS BIOMASS HARVESTING BIOMASS PRODUCTION BIOMASS USING BLACK CARBON BURNERS CALORIFIC VALUE CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON EMISSION CARBON FINANCE CARBON FINANCING CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON MONOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CERTIFICATION PROCESS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION CH4 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC ZONES CO CO2 COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION CHAMBER COOKING COOKING FUELS COSTS OF FUELS DEBT DEFORESTATION DIFFUSION DISINFECTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FISHERIES FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST RESOURCES FORESTS FUEL COSTS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL EXPENDITURES FUEL SAVINGS FUEL SUBSTITUTION FUELS FUELWOOD GENERATION GHG GLOBAL INTEREST GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAT HEATING HIGH BIOMASS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IRON LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LIGHTING LIMESTONE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOSS OF FOREST LPG MARKET PRICES MINES NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROGEN DIOXIDE NO2 OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PETROLEUM PILOT PROJECTS POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE PRODUCERS PUBLIC GOODS REDUCED CO2 RENEWABLE BIOMASS RENEWABLE ENERGY RESIDENTIAL ENERGY RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE ROADS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SAFETY SAND SMOKE SOLAR PANELS SOLID FUELS SPACE HEATING STOVES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TEMPERATURE THERMAL EFFICIENCY TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRIPS TROPICAL RAINFOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TRUCKS VARIABLE COSTS WOOD FUEL WOODY BIOMASS |
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ABS ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE FUELS AMBIENT AIR AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION ANNUAL PRODUCTION APPLIANCES APPROACH ATMOSPHERE BIOMASS BIOMASS HARVESTING BIOMASS PRODUCTION BIOMASS USING BLACK CARBON BURNERS CALORIFIC VALUE CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON EMISSION CARBON FINANCE CARBON FINANCING CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON MONOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CERTIFICATION PROCESS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION CH4 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC ZONES CO CO2 COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION CHAMBER COOKING COOKING FUELS COSTS OF FUELS DEBT DEFORESTATION DIFFUSION DISINFECTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FISHERIES FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST RESOURCES FORESTS FUEL COSTS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL EXPENDITURES FUEL SAVINGS FUEL SUBSTITUTION FUELS FUELWOOD GENERATION GHG GLOBAL INTEREST GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAT HEATING HIGH BIOMASS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IRON LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LIGHTING LIMESTONE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOSS OF FOREST LPG MARKET PRICES MINES NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROGEN DIOXIDE NO2 OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PETROLEUM PILOT PROJECTS POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE PRODUCERS PUBLIC GOODS REDUCED CO2 RENEWABLE BIOMASS RENEWABLE ENERGY RESIDENTIAL ENERGY RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE ROADS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SAFETY SAND SMOKE SOLAR PANELS SOLID FUELS SPACE HEATING STOVES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TEMPERATURE THERMAL EFFICIENCY TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRIPS TROPICAL RAINFOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TRUCKS VARIABLE COSTS WOOD FUEL WOODY BIOMASS Wang, Xiaoping Franco, Janina Masera, Omar R. Troncoso, Karin Rivera, Marta X. What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America? |
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Twenty million people in Central America
cook with biomass using open fires or rudimentary stoves.
The number of people using biomass for cooking in the region
will remain significant for a long time due to high
incidence of poverty, high Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices
coupled with unsustainable LPG subsidies, as well as
relatively easy access to fuel wood in the region. Providing
these people with clean and efficient cooking solutions is
not just an energy issue, but one related to poverty, gender
inequality, public health, environmental sustainability,
local employment, climate change, agriculture, and local
employment. A new generation of improved biomass cook stoves
(ICS) has recently become available in Central America. The
economic benefits from improving public health, reducing
deforestation, and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions well
outweigh the costs of ICS dissemination. Efforts involving
donor agencies, governments, non-governmental organizations,
as well as local entrepreneurs have been made to disseminate
ICS in the region in the last 10 years. The objective of
this study is to better understand current developments in
clean and efficient biomass cooking solutions, factors that
have precluded a larger penetration of ICS within the
region, and lessons learned from past programs-both in the
region and in other countries-that may be relevant to
Central America. The study recommends key actions that may
help the region step up its current dissemination efforts
and promote sustained use of ICS, a first step toward
universal access to ICS by fuel wood users. Its intended
audience includes different stakeholders, including
government agencies, regional and international
organizations, as well as various implementing entities who
are thinking or rethinking appropriate technologies, policy
interventions, financing, and delivery mechanisms for
Central America to promote ICS. |
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Report |
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Wang, Xiaoping Franco, Janina Masera, Omar R. Troncoso, Karin Rivera, Marta X. |
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Wang, Xiaoping Franco, Janina Masera, Omar R. Troncoso, Karin Rivera, Marta X. |
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Wang, Xiaoping |
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What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America? |
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What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America? |
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What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America? |
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What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America? |
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What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America? |
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what have we learned about household biomass cooking in central america? |
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2016 |
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okr-10986-236932021-04-23T14:04:16Z What Have We Learned about Household Biomass Cooking in Central America? Wang, Xiaoping Franco, Janina Masera, Omar R. Troncoso, Karin Rivera, Marta X. ABS ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE FUELS AMBIENT AIR AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION ANNUAL PRODUCTION APPLIANCES APPROACH ATMOSPHERE BIOMASS BIOMASS HARVESTING BIOMASS PRODUCTION BIOMASS USING BLACK CARBON BURNERS CALORIFIC VALUE CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON EMISSION CARBON FINANCE CARBON FINANCING CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON MONOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CERTIFICATION PROCESS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION CH4 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC ZONES CO CO2 COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION CHAMBER COOKING COOKING FUELS COSTS OF FUELS DEBT DEFORESTATION DIFFUSION DISINFECTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FISHERIES FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST RESOURCES FORESTS FUEL COSTS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL EXPENDITURES FUEL SAVINGS FUEL SUBSTITUTION FUELS FUELWOOD GENERATION GHG GLOBAL INTEREST GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAT HEATING HIGH BIOMASS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IRON LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LIGHTING LIMESTONE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LOSS OF FOREST LPG MARKET PRICES MINES NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROGEN DIOXIDE NO2 OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PETROLEUM PILOT PROJECTS POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE PRODUCERS PUBLIC GOODS REDUCED CO2 RENEWABLE BIOMASS RENEWABLE ENERGY RESIDENTIAL ENERGY RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE ROADS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SAFETY SAND SMOKE SOLAR PANELS SOLID FUELS SPACE HEATING STOVES SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TEMPERATURE THERMAL EFFICIENCY TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRIPS TROPICAL RAINFOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TRUCKS VARIABLE COSTS WOOD FUEL WOODY BIOMASS Twenty million people in Central America cook with biomass using open fires or rudimentary stoves. The number of people using biomass for cooking in the region will remain significant for a long time due to high incidence of poverty, high Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices coupled with unsustainable LPG subsidies, as well as relatively easy access to fuel wood in the region. Providing these people with clean and efficient cooking solutions is not just an energy issue, but one related to poverty, gender inequality, public health, environmental sustainability, local employment, climate change, agriculture, and local employment. A new generation of improved biomass cook stoves (ICS) has recently become available in Central America. The economic benefits from improving public health, reducing deforestation, and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions well outweigh the costs of ICS dissemination. Efforts involving donor agencies, governments, non-governmental organizations, as well as local entrepreneurs have been made to disseminate ICS in the region in the last 10 years. The objective of this study is to better understand current developments in clean and efficient biomass cooking solutions, factors that have precluded a larger penetration of ICS within the region, and lessons learned from past programs-both in the region and in other countries-that may be relevant to Central America. The study recommends key actions that may help the region step up its current dissemination efforts and promote sustained use of ICS, a first step toward universal access to ICS by fuel wood users. Its intended audience includes different stakeholders, including government agencies, regional and international organizations, as well as various implementing entities who are thinking or rethinking appropriate technologies, policy interventions, financing, and delivery mechanisms for Central America to promote ICS. 2016-01-29T17:24:59Z 2016-01-29T17:24:59Z 2013 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17524967/learned-household-biomass-cooking-central-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23693 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study Latin America & Caribbean |