A presentation unveiled at the recent COP15 meeting by the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA, of which we are proud members) might have turned the tides had it received greater attention.
Titled Cleaner Cook Stoves for Developing Countries: Improving Health, Reducing Climate Change, the PowerPoint focused on the carbon offset potential and role of improved cookstoves and biofuels. According to the slides, the presenters included
• Health Effects: Dr. William Martin, Associate
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, National Institutes of Health, USA
• Black Carbon: Professor V Ramanathan, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, University of
California at San Diego, USA
• Commercialization of cleaner stoves: Sam
Bryan, Technical Director of Carbon Finance
Projects, GERES
We’ve blogged here before about the interesting work that Professor V. Ramanathan is carrying out in India under the crypto Sub-Continental title, Project Surya.
Perhaps the PowerPoint would have had had a greater impact among the mandarins if the presentation had not been such a visual snoozer.
Still, an excellent reference document with tons of great facts, talking points and messages all around. This could easily be used by anyone needing to make the case for why energy efficiency for the bottom of the pyramid should be a top priority.
