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ALLIANCE WORK IN EAST AFRICA By Daniel Wanjohi Regional Market Manager – East Africa Presented at Clean Cooking and Public Health, Kampala, Uganda On 20 th August 2015
ALLIANCE WORK IN EAST AFRICA
By
Daniel WanjohiRegional Market Manager – East Africa
Presented at Clean Cooking and Public Health, Kampala, UgandaOn 20th August 2015
• Universal adoption of clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels.Vision
• Save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels.
Mission
• 100 million households adopt clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels by 2020.Goal
Cont
Sources: WHO (2002); IEA (2007)
Making dung patties (India)
Collecting fuelwood (Togo)
Charcoal on sale (Togo)
Fuelwood transport and sale (Niger River, Mali)
Why energy for cooking and heating?
Half (3 billion) the World Still Uses Solid Fuels for Home Cooking and Heating
200 million more will be using biomass by 2030.
Regional aggregates for people depending on solid biomass fuel
Region
Population relying on
traditional use of biomass
millions
Percentage of population relying on
traditional use of biomass
%
Percentage of urban
population
%
Percentage of rural
population
%
Developing countries 2,588 48.9 18.7 72.3Africa 699 68 44 83• North Africa 3 2 1 2• Sub-Saharan Africa 696 81 56 95
Developing Asia 1,814 51 17 72• China & East Asia 716 36 12 56• South Asia 1,098 69 27 87
Latin America 65 14 5 50Middle East 10 5 1 14World 2,588 37.8 12.5 63.7
Cont.
3 billion people dependent on traditional stoves
Exposure to air pollution typically up to 100 times more
than recommended as healthy by WHO
2 billion tons of biomass burned each year
Women and children disproportionally impacted
4 million people die annually
Pneumonia, heart disease, lung cancer, cataracts, and eye injuries
Children drinking kerosene when stored improperly
Burns and scalds from open fires on the floor
Black carbon is the second most important human
emission in terms of climate-forcing
2 billion tons of biomass burned each year
Up to 5 hours a day spent on collecting fuel
Up to 40% of household income spent on fuel
Violence and rape while collecting fuel
Risk of head and spinal injuries
Global Burden of Disease
HAP results in 4.3 million deaths annually
More than combined deaths from Malaria, HIV/AIDS & TB
In Uganda 14300 deaths annually
Household Air Pollution (HAP) is the
4th largest health risk factor
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Household air pollution and other diseases that cause premature death
Premature annual deaths from household air pollution and other diseases
2008 2012
Deaths from exposure to cookstove smoke are larger than deaths from HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis, and malaria – and are rising.
Impacts of household pollution to other leading killers
Alliance Intervention Mechanisms
Two Track Approach to Enable Markets in Priority Countries
Engage Government
Market Intelligence
(Open Source)
Technology and Manufacturing
Access to Finance (all types)
Innovation
Standards and Testing
General Sector Support:
- Mobilize Resources
- Champion Sector &
Advocate Change- Knowledge Hub- Catalyze sector
and broker partnerships
- M+E- Strengthen
Evidence Base
Capacity Development
Entrepreneur Training
Marketing / Sales/Distribution
Consumer Research
Sector wide intervenion Tailored support
Alliance initiatives in the region
• Championing international standards and testing protocols on cookstoves in conjunction with ISO – emissions being one of the core and national standard bodies;
• Investment in cookstoves sector to promote clean cookstoves dissemination and adoption at scale; under the Catalytic grant, SPARK, WEF & Pilot innovation fund:
• 4 cookstoves companies
• 1 fuel company
• 1 potential candidate for SPARK
• Supporting 13 regional testing and knowledge centers worldwide to support stoves design and testing;
• CREEC
• CIRCODU
Cont.
o Supporting the cookstove sector create the necessary market through marketing campaign - in Uganda under planning and in Kenya, phase 1 done last year
o Working with the UNHCR on clean cooking access in humanitarian environment
o Enterprise development for cookstoves and fuel entrepreneurs – BOOST program – both for entrepreneurs and TOT
contacts: Daniel Wanjohi
Thank You
