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Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789240066625
Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789240038110
WHO has developed a repository of recent policies that have been implemented to support transitions to cleaner household fuels. This Household Energy Policy Repository is part of the Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST), which is designed to facilitate implementation of the WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Household Fuel Combustion (2014). The Repository serves as a clearinghouse for national, regional, and local policies, regulations, and legislation promoting cleaner household energy use with additional information on policy implementation, impacts, and any available independent evaluations of policy effectiveness.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789240070202
Author : Joy Clancy,Gül Özerol,Nthabiseng Mohlakoana,Mariëlle Feenstra,Lillian Sol Cueva
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030435134
This book brings together diverse contributions exploring the integration of gender equality in current national energy policies and international energy frameworks across the Global South and North. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, this collection contributes to building a body of independent empirical evidence about the impacts of the energy transition on socio-economic outcomes, with a focus on gender differentiated choices of energy forms. The book includes short reflections in each chapter allowing the reader to explore the content from an alternative perspective. The common thread enabling the book to actively contribute to engendering the energy transition is its approach to the topic from a primarily ‘gender’ driven perspective. The book draws many useful lessons from practice and shares gender mainstreaming tools for use across the Global South and the North. Such an approach brings novel insights from theoretical, methodological and practical perspectives, which further promotes cross-disciplinary learning and will be of interest to researchers and practitioners from across the Energy and Gender disciplines.
Author : Douglas F. Barnes,Kerry Krutilla,William F. Hyde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136528156
As cities in developing countries grow and become more prosperous, energy use shifts from fuelwood to fuels like charcoal, kerosene, and coal, and, ultimately, to fuels such as liquid petroleum gas, and electricity. Energy use is not usually considered as a social issue. Yet, as this book demonstrates, the movement away from traditional fuels has a strong socio-economic dimension, as poor people are the last to attain the benefits of using modern energy. The result is that health risks from the continued use of wood fuel fall most heavily on the poor, and indoor pollution from wood stoves has its greatest effect on women and children who cook and spend much more of their time indoors. Barnes, Krutilla, and Hyde provide the first worldwide assessment of the energy transition as it occurs in urban households, drawing upon data collected by the World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP). From 1984-2000, the program conducted over 25,000 household energy surveys in 45 cities spanning 12 countries and 3 continents. Additionally, GIS mapping software was used to compile a biomass database of vegetation patterns surrounding 34 cities. Using this rich set of geographic, biological, and socioeconomic data, the authors describe problems and policy options associated with each stage in the energy transition. The authors show how the poorest are most vulnerable to changes in energy markets and demonstrate how the collection of biomass fuel contributes to deforestation. Their book serves as an important contribution to development studies, and as a guide for policymakers hoping to encourage sustainable energy markets and an improved quality of life for growing urban populations.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789240071650
Energy is linked to many of the sustainable development priorities, including public health, gender equality, food security, clean water, education, economic growth, youth and women’s empowerment and climate action. The absence of clean and sustainable energy has a significant adverse impact on the health and livelihoods of the poorest populations. Around 2.3 billion people, mostly in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), still mainly rely on inefficient and polluting fuels and stoves for daily cooking, exposing them to health-damaging emissions that result in millions of premature deaths each year. Health and livelihood risks are greatest for women and children as they are often tasked with cooking and gathering fuel. The traditional use of biomass for cooking also puts the environment and climate at risk by contributing to deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. Around 1 billion people worldwide, mostly in poor and rural communities, are estimated to be served by health care facilities without any electricity or reliable power supply, and only one in two hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa has a reliable electricity supply. Without adequate and reliable power, essential medical devices cannot function, basic amenities remain out of reach and delivery of health care services is of substandard quality. Unless rapid action is taken, the world will not meet its targets under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. In November 2018, during the first World Health Organization (WHO) Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, announced his vision to build a Health and Energy Platform of Action (HEPA) to enhance multisectoral collaboration between the health and energy sectors and mobilize the political and financial commitments needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3 and 7. In response, WHO, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank, in cooperation with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and other key stakeholders, launched HEPA in May 2019, with an initial focus on improving health through promoting clean fuels and technologies for cooking and accelerating access to electricity for health care facilities. Following this announcement, in July 2020, HEPA members worked together to develop a strategic workplan with five overarching objectives to strengthen the cooperation between the health and energy sectors and elevate energy access as a key development priority area for public health, gender equity, climate and sustainable development more broadly (see Box 1). HEPA has gained significant momentum since its establishment in 2019. By October 2022 the platform had over 20 member organizations. All members are committed to working together and synergizing efforts on the ground to accelerate universal electrification of health care facilities and clean cooking. This HEPA action report summarizes the key activities and results achieved and highlights activities under each of HEPA’s five objectives.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789240064171
Author : Bereket Haile Woldegiorgis,Kibret Mequanint,Muluken Zegeye Getie,Eshetu Getahun Mulat,Addisu Alemayehu Assegie
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031336102
This book presents the latest developments, innovations, and sustainable technologies in materials and energy, covering various research methods, including numerical and experiment analysis. Materials-related topics focus on construction, energy, and other material replacements for various applications. Energy-related topics covered include applications of solar technology, wind energy analysis. The book provides state-of-the-art research on the efforts being made toward sustainability in developing countries and will be a valuable reference for researchers, engineers, industry professionals, graduate students, and related practitioners.
Author : Koffi EkouevI,Voravate Tuntivate,World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821396049
This paper conducts a review of the World Bank's financed operations and selected interventions by other institutions on household energy access in an attempt to examine success and failure factors to inform the new generation of upcoming interventions. First, the report provides a brief literature review to lay out the multidimensional challenge of an overwhelming reliance on solid fuels for cooking and heating. Second, it highlights how the Bank and selected governments and organizations have been dealing with this challenge. Third, it presents lessons learned to inform upcoming interventions. And finally, it indicates an outlook on the way forward. Eight main lessons emerged from this review: (i) a holistic approach to household energy issues is necessary; (ii) public awareness campaigns are prerequisites for successful interventions; (iii) local participation is fundamental; (iv) consumer fuel subsidies are not a good way of helping the poor; (v) both market-based and public support are relevant in the commercialization of improved stoves; (vi) the needs and preferences of stoves users should be given priority; (vii) durability of improved stoves is important for their successful dissemination; and (viii) with microfinance the poor can gradually afford an improved stove. The paper invites stakeholders to use the recent momentum aimed at providing clean cookstoves and fuels to the poor as an opportunity for action.
Author : Herick O. Otieno,Joseph L. Awange
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783540356691
This book provides information on available sources of energy in East Africa and how energy suppliers can exploit them in an integrated form to produce the right blend of energy for various applications: industrial, domestic and recreational uses. The authors provide in-depth analysis of the impacts, advantages and disadvantages, environmental, industrialization and distribution costs of different energy sources. The book aims to contribute to a sustainable exploitation of energy resources.
Author : International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798400242052
Recent developments. Rwanda’s economy continued with fast-paced post-pandemic growth in 2022, but macroeconomic imbalances have emerged. Strong output in manufacturing and services sectors more than offset weaker agricultural production and construction activity. Rising food prices and strong domestic demand fueled by high credit growth partly contributed to a persistent inflation which stood at 19.3 percent in March. Robust import demand coupled with high commodity prices and tightening global financing conditions have weakened Rwanda’s external position. The uncertain external environment and the reduced prospects for external concessional financing are compounding the challenges from the legacy of the pandemic. The authorities are committed to implementing frontloaded fiscal policy adjustment, while the National Bank of Rwanda stands ready to take further actions to anchor inflation expectations. The outlook is subject to high uncertainty, mainly stemming from deepening geopolitical fragmentation, volatility in global energy and fertilizer prices, a steeper-than-projected decline in trading partners growth, or a funding squeeze.
Author : Douglas Jay Arent,Channing Arndt,Mackay Miller,Finn Tarp,Owen Zinaman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198802242
A volume on the political economy of clean energy transition in developed and developing regions, with a focus on the issues that different countries face as they transition from fossil fuels to lower carbon technologies.
Author : Michael Grimm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electric power distribution
ISBN : OCLC:971896586
More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries are lacking access to electricity. Based on the assumption that electricity is a prerequisite for human development, the United Nations has proclaimed the goal of providing electricity to all by 2030. In recent years, Pico-Photovoltaic kits have become a low-cost alternative to investment intensive grid electrification. Using a randomized controlled trial, the paper examines uptake and impacts of a simple Pico-Photovoltaic kit that barely exceeds the modern energy benchmark defined by the United Nations. The authors find significant positive effects on household energy expenditures and some indication for effects on health, domestic productivity, and on the environment. Since only parts of these effects are internalized, underinvestment into the technology is likely. In addition, our data show that adoption will be impeded by affordability, suggesting that policy would have to consider more direct promotion strategies such as subsidies or financing schemes to reach the UN goal.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : United States
ISBN : IND:30000143420937
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264897632
Gender equality and environmental goals are mutually reinforcing, with slow progress on environmental actions affecting the achievement of gender equality, and vice versa. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires targeted and coherent actions.