Scaling up gas and electric cooking in low- and middle-income countries
Climate threat or mitigation strategy with co-benefits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15545929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily Floess (0000-0002-5110-5860, North Carolina State University), Andrew P Grieshop (0000-0002-6470-9946, North Carolina State University), Elisa Puzzolo (0000-0001-9177-5298, University of Liverpool), Daniel Pope (0000-0003-2694-5478, University of Liverpool), Nicholas Leach (0000-0003-4470-1813, University of Oxford), Christopher J Smith (0000-0001-6417-0824), Chris Smith (0000-0002-1348-189X, University of Leeds), Annelise Gill‐Wiehl (0000-0002-3908-7903, University of California, Berkeley), Katherine Landesman (Stockholm Environment Institute), Robert Bailis (0000-0002-4111-3760, Stockholm Environment Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 034010-034010 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/acb501 |
| OpenAlex | W4320723781 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 28 |
Nearly three billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) rely on polluting fuels, resulting in millions of avoidable deaths annually. Polluting fuels also emit short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) and greenhouse gases (GHGs). Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and grid-based electricity are scalable alternatives to polluting fuels but have raised climate and health concerns. Here, we compare emissions and climate impacts of a business-as-usual household cooking fuel trajectory to four large-scale transitions to gas and/or grid electricity in 77 LMICs. We account for upstream and end-use emissions from gas and electric cooking, assuming electrical grids evolve according to the 2022 World Energy Outlook’s ‘Stated Policies’ Scenario. We input the emissions into a reduced-complexity climate model to estimate radiative forcing and temperature changes associated with each scenario. We find full transitions to LPG and/or electricity decrease emissions from both well-mixed GHG and SLCFs, resulting in a roughly 5 millikelvin global temperature reduction by 2040. Transitions to LPG and/or electricity also reduce annual emissions of PM 2.5 by over 6 Mt (99%) by 2040, which would substantially lower health risks from household air pollution. Full transitions to LPG or grid electricity in LMICs improve climate impacts over BAU trajectories
Climate change · Climate change mitigation · Economics · Electricity · Global warming · Greenhouse gas · Liquefied petroleum gas · Natural resource economics · Radiative forcing · Waste management · Energy and Environment Impacts · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Engineering · Environmental Science · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
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The roles of women in cookstove intervention studies
Pervasive over-crediting from cookstove offset methodologies
Stakeholder perspectives on the future of clean cooking in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of pay-as-you-go LPG in expanding access
Required knowledge for clean cooking transition
In praise of cooking gas subsidies
I am the one responsible’
| Citations per year | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |