Brenda Doroski U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Cooking Fuels June16, 2008

Brenda DoroskiU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Clean Cooking FuelsJune16, 2008

Partnership for Clean Indoor Air

The Challenge

• Almost 3 billion people burn solid fuels indoors for home cooking and heating.

• More than 1.5 million people, mainly women and children, die prematurely each year from breathing elevated levels of indoor smoke.


The Health Impact

• 50% of the world’s population relies on solid fuels for their cooking and heating needs.

• Indoor air pollution is the 4th worst risk factor (behind malnutrition, unsafe sex, and lack of clean water and adequate sanitation)

source: Fuel for Life report, WHO 2006.


About the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air

• Launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002.

• Now, more than 170 public and private organizations working in 70 countries.

• Already, key Partners have reported helping 1.4 million households adopt clean cooking and heating practices, reducing harmful exposures for more than 7.6 million people.


PCIA’s Mission

• Improve health, livelihood, and quality of life through reduced exposure to indoor air pollution, primarily among women and children, from household energy use in developing countries.


PCIA’s Goal

• Increase the use of clean, reliable, affordable, efficient, and safe home cooking and heating practices that reduce exposure to indoor air pollution.


Essential Elements of Sustainable Programs

• Meet social and behavioral needs.• Develop sustainable, local markets.• Meet design/performance criteria.• Monitor impacts of intervention.


Current Partnership Activities

Strengthening exchanges and networkso Partner meetings, Example: 3rd Biennial

Partnership Forum, March 2007

» 110 participants from 22 countries

» Documented Results To Date

» Celebrated Results -- Called Attention to Effective Programs

» Committed to Actions to Achieve Bold Future Results


Current Partnership Activities

• Knowledge Management:o Partnership Web site: www.PCIAonline.orgo Quarterly Bulletino PCIA Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook Stoves

• Capacity Building & Technical Assistance:o Stove design and performance workshopso Regional monitoring & evaluation workshopso Commercialization workshopso Technology testing


Stove testing in emissions hood Continuous emission monitors

USEPA Stove Performance Testing


Identified Needs

Develop voluntary stove performance standards to:• Define an “improved” stove for project

implementers, funders, consumers, governments, carbon organizations

• Objective evaluation of technologies leading to certification against a quality standard

• Understand and transfer design features• Promote innovation• Quantify performance (CO, PM and GHG

emissions, fuel use/efficiency, and safety)


Project Implementation

• Partners funding pilot projects throughout the world (Africa, Asia, Latin America).

• Sharing lessons learned.• Replicating projects that promote improved

cooking/heating practices that are

more efficient, meet users’ needs,

reduce exposures, and

can be produced locally.• Scaling-up effective approaches.



Initial USG Pilot Project Results

• 1.3 million households educated about IAP

• 70,000 homes using cleaner & more fuel-efficient practices

• 350,000 people with reduced exposure to indoor smoke

• 700 new small businesses producing and marketing improved fuels/technologies

• 12 clean household fuels and technologies tested, improved and marketed


Conclusions

• CCF have significant health, social, economic and environmental benefits.

• Globally, contribute to achieving the MDGs to reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, eradicate poverty, promote gender equality, and ensure environmental sustainability.

• Formation of PCIA resulted in greater visibility and support, increased networking, leveraging of expertise and resources, and meeting needs/gaps.


Opportunities for Involvement

• Visit the PCIA website to learn more and join (www.PCIAonline.org)

• Share lessons learned and best practices.

• Utilize PCIA protocols and guidance.

• Participating in regional capacity building workshops and international Forum -- 4th Biennial PCIA Forum in Kampala, Uganda March 2009

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Brenda Doroski U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Cooking Fuels June16, 2008