Title:
PhD student develops tools for better implementation of cleaner cookstoves and fuels in developing countries
Published:
Maastricht University, 16 June 2022
From the news article:
One third of the world's population cooks on biomass or other polluting fuels. Every year, 3.2 million people die from inhaling smoke released by open fires (SDG7 tracking report 2022). Cooking on open fires also has a major impact on the climate: it is the cause of as much as 2% of CO2 emissions. That is as much as emissions from aviation. Yet, the implementation of cleaner cookstoves and fuels is not a given. In a new study, PhD student Esther Boudewijns is therefore developing two practical tools that should improve the implementation of cleaner cooking. The results of the research will be published on June 16 in The Lancet Planetary Health.