Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions? Evidence from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia
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- Alemu Mekonnen, Abebe Beyene, Randy Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Michael Toman and Ferdinand Vieider (UGent)
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- Using a randomized experimental design, real-time electronic stove surface temperature measurements and controlled cooking tests, we estimate fuelwood and CO2 savings from an improved cookstove (ICS) program in rural Ethiopia. Cooking uses a majority of the fuelwood in the country and therefore is a critical determinant of greenhouse gas emissions. Estimating fuelwood savings is therefore a key aspect of crediting ICS climate change benefits. Our findings suggest that the Mirt injera stove saves a substantial amount of fuelwood. Using a relatively low estimate of percentage of nonrenewable biomass, on average one Mirt stove avoids the burning of approximately 634Â kg of fuelwood per year and sequesters an additional 0.65 tons of CO2, which is about one-third of previous estimates. The U.S. Interagency Working Group (2013) 2015â2019 estimate for the global social cost of carbon of $44.00 per ton implies annual global benefits from reduced fuelwood burning of $28.60 per stove per year, which substantially exceeds the $12.00 initial cost of the stove. As the global benefit is much greater than the cost, which is borne entirely by Ethiopia, international transfers would be warranted to support expansion of Mirt adoption.
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- Improved biomass cookstoves, Controlled cooking test, Avoided carbon emissions, Ethiopia, SAVINGS, FORESTS, DEMAND
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8753707
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- Mekonnen, Alemu, et al. “Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia.” ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, vol. 198, 2022, doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107467.
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- Mekonnen, A., Beyene, A., Bluffstone, R., Gebreegziabher, Z., Martinsson, P., Toman, M., & Vieider, F. (2022). Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions? Evidence from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, 198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107467
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- Mekonnen, Alemu, Abebe Beyene, Randy Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Michael Toman, and Ferdinand Vieider. 2022. “Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia.” ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107467.
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- Mekonnen, Alemu, Abebe Beyene, Randy Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Michael Toman, and Ferdinand Vieider. 2022. “Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia.” ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 198. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107467.
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- 1.Mekonnen A, Beyene A, Bluffstone R, Gebreegziabher Z, Martinsson P, Toman M, et al. Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions? Evidence from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS. 2022;198.
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- [1]A. Mekonnen et al., “Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions? Evidence from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia,” ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, vol. 198, 2022.
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