Intervention Cookstoves (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Intervention Cookstoves

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The new cookstoves, which burn wood and other traditional fuels, were distributed as part of India's first carbon-finance approved program under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. Without field-based evaluations, such programs may not deliver the expected carbon reductions or health and climate benefits, the study concludes.

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Ther Wint Aung, University of British Columbia

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