Household Energy Access for Cooking and Heating : Lessons Learned and the Way Forward

Half of humanity about 3 billion people are still relying on solid fuels for cooking and heating. Of that, about 2.5 billion people depend on traditional biomass fuels (wood, charcoal, agricultural waste, and animal dung), while about 400 million people use coal as their primary cooking and heating...

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Main Authors	Ekouevi, Koffi, Tuntivate, Voravate
Format	Publication
Language	English
Published	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects	ABATEMENT ABATEMENT MEASURES ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO ENERGY ACCESS TO ENERGY SERVICES ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY AEROSOLS AGRICULTURAL WASTE AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ALBEDO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM ALTERNATIVE FUELS AMBIENT AIR AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION ANIMAL DUNG APPLIANCES APPROACH ATMOSPHERE AVAILABILITY BENZENE BIOFUELS BIOGAS BIOMASS BURNING BIOMASS COMBUSTION BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS FUELS BIOMASS RESIDUES BIOMASS STOVE BIOMASS UTILIZATION BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS BOUNDARY LAYER BURN FUELS BURNING BIOMASS CANCER CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON FUND CARBON FUNDS CARBON MARKETS CARBON MONOXIDE CATALYTIC ROLE CHARCOAL CHARCOAL KILNS CHARCOAL PRODUCTION CLEAN DEVELOPMENT CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN FUELS CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CO2 COAL COALS COLORS COMBUSTION COMBUSTION CHAMBER COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION CONSUMER FUEL CONVENTIONAL ENERGY COOK STOVE COOKING COOKING FUELS COOKING STOVES CROP CROP DRYING CROP WASTE DEFORESTATION DIESEL DISTRICT HEATING DOMESTIC ENERGY DROUGHT EFFICIENT STOVES EFFICIENT USE EFFICIENT USE OF BIOMASS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION TRADING EMPLOYMENT ENERGY ACCESS ENERGY ACTIVITIES ENERGY ACTIVITY ENERGY ASSESSMENT ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY COMPONENTS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY PLANNING ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY POLICY ENERGY POVERTY ENERGY PROJECTS ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY STRATEGIES ENERGY STRATEGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FLUE GASES FOREST FOREST COVER FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SERVICE FORESTRY FORESTS FORMALDEHYDE FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL COMBUSTION FUEL COST FUEL DEMAND FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL FOR POWER GENERATION FUEL SWITCHING FUEL TYPE FUEL USE FUELWOOD GAS PROJECTS GAS RESERVES GASEOUS POLLUTANTS GEF GENERATION GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS GRID RURAL ELECTRIFICATION GRID SYSTEMS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HARMFUL EMISSIONS HEALTH HAZARD HEAT HEAT METERING HEAT TRANSFER HEATING ENERGY HOUSEHOLD COOKING HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SECTOR HOUSEHOLD ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE HOUSEHOLD FUEL HOUSEHOLD FUELS HYDROCARBONS INCOME INDOOR AIR QUALITY INDUSTRIAL KILNS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY KEROSENE LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LIGHTING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LIVING STANDARDS LPG MODERN FUELS NATURAL GAS OIL OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTS PARTICLES PARTICULATE PARTICULATES PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS PILOT PROJECTS PM10 POLLUTANTS POLLUTION LEVELS POWER POWER CAPACITY POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER TRADE PRODUCTION OF CHARCOAL REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS RELIABILITY OF SUPPLY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLES RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ENERGY RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SMOKE SOLAR HOME SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLID FUEL SOLID FUELS SUNLIGHT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TEMPERATURE TOXIC POLLUTANTS TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TRADITIONAL ENERGY SECTOR TRADITIONAL FUEL TRADITIONAL FUELS TRADITIONAL STOVE TRADITIONAL STOVES UNEP URBAN HOUSEHOLD USE OF BIOMASS ENERGY VILLAGE ENERGY WOOD WOOD FUEL
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Summary:	Half of humanity about 3 billion people are still relying on solid fuels for cooking and heating. Of that, about 2.5 billion people depend on traditional biomass fuels (wood, charcoal, agricultural waste, and animal dung), while about 400 million people use coal as their primary cooking and heating fuel (UNDP and WHO 2009). The majority of the population relying on solid fuels lives in Sub-Saharan Africa and in South Asia. In some countries in Central America and in East Asia and the Pacific, the use of solid fuels is also significant. The inefficient and unsustainable production and use of these fuels result in a significant public health hazard, as well as negative environmental impacts that keep people in poverty. Strategies to improve energy access to the poor have focused mainly on electricity access. They have often neglected non electricity household energy access. It is, however, estimated that about 2.8 billion people will still depend on fuel wood for cooking and heating in 2030 in a business-as-usual modus operandi (IEA 2010). The need for urgent interventions at the household level to provide alternative energy services to help improve livelihoods is becoming more and more accepted. This report's main objective is to conduct 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.
Bibliography:	10.1596/978-0-8213-9604-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9372 978-0-8213-9604-9