Media Highlights – January 2016
Selected international coverage of clean cookstoves and fuels news.
ALLIANCE
OPIC and Envirofit Partner to Expand Clean Cookstoves’ Global Use
https://www.bloomberg.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201601220853M2______EUPR_____0b52000001c1e24b_3600-1
Designing for cooking clean
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/clean-tech/designing-for-cooking-clean/article8069365.ece
TEDx talk: Cookstoves technologist transforming lives with standards
https://www.iso.org/iso/home/news_index/news_archive/news.htm?refid=Ref2043
How Do You Fight The World's 'Largest Environmental Health Problem'? Harness The Sun.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/air-pollution-cooking-stoves_5689fdb4e4b06fa68882b733
How Women Are Critical for Successful Adoption of Clean Energy Solutions
https://blog.icrw.org/how-women-are-critical-for-successful-adaptation-of-clean-energy-solutions/
BANGLA NEWS: সনাতনী প্রতি চুলায় ২ টন কার্বন নিঃসরণ! (in Bengali)
https://www.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/457843.html
SECTOR
A Vermont Writer On Black Soot, Wood Stoves And Climate Change (Radio Clip and article)
https://digital.vpr.net/post/vermont-writer-black-soot-wood-stoves-and-climate-change#stream/0
Choking over foul air – in rural India
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/choking-over-foul-air-in-rural-india/article8163592.ece
Indoor air pollution cause of low birth weight among newborns in India: Doctors
https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/indoor-air-pollution-cause-of-low-birth-weight-among-newborns-in-india-doctors/
Particular about particulates. A bold experiment has improved Delhi’s air. But Indians want more
https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21688447-bold-experiment-has-improved-delhis-air-indians-want-more-particular-about-particulates
ATN NEWS/Young Nite: Television Interview with Asna Towfiq (Bengali)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwjjjBy3kOM&feature=youtu.be
KNEE DEEP: A Ghanaian village faces the rising tide of climate change (Photo Essay)
https://usaidpubs.exposure.co/knee-deep
4 ways to empower Asian women through energy access
https://blogs.adb.org/blog/4-ways-empower-asian-women-through-energy-access
Cooking stove firm BURN raises Sh82m from US funds, Acumen Fund and Unilever
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Cooking-stove-firm-BURN-raises-Sh82m-from-US-funds-/-/539552/3014212/-/74ebbj/-/index.html
How will climate policy affect energy access goals?
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/iifa-hwc011416.php
Climate policies on collision course with clean cookstoves drive
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/01/12/28090/
Homemakers look for solution to prolonged energy crisis
https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-05/homemakers-look-for-solution-to-prolonged-energy-crisis.html