As a PhD candidate in the College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley studying rural household energy technologies, I am deeply involved with understanding both the science and policy implications of disseminating improved cooking technologies. My dissertation focuses specifically on the co-benefits resulting from financing these technologies with carbon credits in rural China. This work will inform both health and energy debates within the household energy community, as well as pave new lines of inquiry related to carbon financing and its viability as a dissemination model. Finally, as a scholar living and working in China, I hope to bring to the Partnership intimate knowledge of local context, challenges, and successes.
Contact Information
Rural China: To evaluate the efficacy of leveraging carbon finance to achieve health and climate "co-benefits" through in-field IAP and emissions monitoring.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
Work with Chinese partner organizations who have good relations with local communities and stove manufacturers. Specifically, I am cooperating with the China Association for Rural Energy Industries (CAREI).
I am working with the Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD) to develop carbon financing for cookstoves in rural China.
Local Chinese manufacturers are developing and disseminating semi-gasifier stoves that use both biomass pellets and raw crop residues.
Currently CO and PM2.5 are being measured, with hopes of expanding to exposure monitoring, as well as direct emissions (in flue) monitoring.
Relevant Publications or Studies
None noted
Our Contribution to the Partnership
Publish and share results of studies, gain feedback and experiences in other countries.
