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Sustainable Energy and Environmental Outlook: Indian Perspective
Published in Asif Muhammad, Energy and Environmental Outlook for South Asia, 2020
India has proactively focused on improving energy scenarios to obtain fast and sustainable growth in the country. The GoI has ventured into a pronged approach to cater to the energy demand of its citizens while ensuring a minimum rise in CO2 emissions to protect the environment. The initiatives are equally commenced on generation-distribution side, and energy efficiency. The promotion of renewable energy mix with stringent renewable energy targets, together with improvement in the efficiency of thermal power plants, is implemented successfully in the country. Innovative energy policies and reforms under the Energy Conservation Act of 2001 are also jointly in action. Clean cooking initiatives are also extensively implemented to address the problem of air pollution.
Energy poverty in Asia
Published in Subhes C. Bhattacharyya, Routledge Handbook of Energy in Asia, 2018
Subhes C. Bhattacharyya, Debajit Palit
As indicated before, Asia has the largest population in the world lacking access to clean cooking energy. The common strategies used in enhancing clean cooking energy in the region include promotion of clean conventional (e.g. petroleum fuels) and renewable cooking energies (e.g. biogas) and technological intervention to improve the efficiency of solid fuel use.
Cooking energy choices in urban areas and its implications on poverty reduction
Published in International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2023
Felician Andrew Kitole, Felister Y. Tibamanya, Jennifer Kasanda Sesabo
The World Health Organisation reports an average of 1.5 million premature deaths each year due to indoor air pollution from household solid fuel consumption (Garba and Bellingham 2021; Twumasi et al. 2021; Gitau et al. 2019). The choice and amount of energy used by households for lighting and cooking are rooted in poverty, according to the World Health Organization (Apergis, Polemis, and Soursou 2022). Access to cleaner energy reduces the prevalence of diseases as well as mortality rates among children and adults. It also reduces the time spent gathering firewood for both women and children (Sun et al. 2022; Rosenthal et al. 2018) moreover, the adoption of clean cooking energies among households is vital for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action) (Paudel et al. 2021).
Impact of smokeless cooking fuel use on health status of women in a rural setting of eastern India
Published in International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2023
Krushna Chandra Sahoo, Girish Chandra Dash, Subhashree Panda, Jaya singh Kshatri, Azhar Uddin, Matrujyoti Pattnaik, Rakesh Kumar Sahoo, Rinshu Diwedi, Subrat Kumar Palo, Debdutta Bhattacharya, Sanghamitra Pati
Clean cooking energy solutions are essential for achieving SDG 7.1 – related to indoor air quality and health enhancement. There has been a massive global effort to promote clean cooking fuel in enhancing health outcomes. The promotion of clean cooking technology and fuels is a vital step toward women’s empowerment through a healthier indoor environment (Simkovich et al. 2019). In LMICs, a systematic review indicated a strong correlation between clean cooking fuel and time use (Simkovich et al. 2019). The previous study demonstrated that converting from biomass to renewable energy saved a substantial amount of time for women, which they used for their livelihood, recreation, and children’s education (Simkovich et al. 2019). Clean energy policies have the opportunity to bring economic benefits and empower rural women by saving their time and protecting them from adverse health risks due to household air pollution as a result of biomass consumption.
Household Socioeconomic Determinants of Clean Cooking Program in Ecuador
Published in Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 2023
Daniel Davi-Arderius, Moisés Obaco, Rafael Alvarado
According to Ramirez-Candia et al. (2022), clean cooking refers to the access to fuels such as natural gas, LPG, and electricity. These technologies are characterized by lower air pollution emissions and greater efficiency compared to traditional open-fire cooking. The impact of open-fire cooking on the health of women and children in developing countries is significant, especially due to exposure to indoor air pollution (Grieshop, Marshall, and Kandlikar 2011; Malla et al. 2011; Parikh 2011; Bielecki et al., 2014; Quinn et al. 2018).