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PCIA Side Event at the Africa Carbon Forum
September 3-5, 2008, Dakar, Senegal

Presentations from the side event are listed below. For more information about the Forum please see the event website.

Elisa Derby - The Partnership for Clean Indoor Air

Zane Abdul (ProBEC) - Opportunities for Scaling Up Interventions in the Low Income Household Energy Sector

George Riegg of PCIA Partner Paper Recycling Skills Project (PRSP) brought PRSP-made cardboard/sawdust briquettes and a New Dawn Engineering-type stove to demonstrate at the side event, much to the delight of the participants and other onlookers at the cocktail hour!



Clean Cooking Fuels and Technologies: Reducing Indoor Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A PCIA Side Event at the Carbon Expo
May 7-9, 2008, Cologne, Germany

Presentations from the side event are listed below. For more information about the Expo please see www.carbonexpo.com.

Brenda Doroski - The Partnership for Clean Indoor Air

Kirk R. Smith and Evan Haigler - Co-benefits of climate mitigation and health protection in energy systems: Scoping methods

Adam Harvey - Clean cooking with carbon finance: Case studies



Measuring Change: Indoor Air Pollution and Household Energy Monitoring - Africa Regional Workshop 
October 29 - November 2, 2007, Pretoria, South Africa

Please click here to view the proceedings.



Measuring Change: Indoor Air Pollution and Household Energy Monitoring - Asia Regional Workshop 
August 7-11, 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam

The Asia Regional Workshop took place in Hanoi, Vietnam from August 7-11, 2007. The agenda, proceedings, photos, and other information are available on the Asia Regional Monitoring Workshop proceedings page.



Indoor Air Pollution and Household Energy Monitoring – Latin America Regional Workshop
May 2 - May 6, 2005, Antigua, Guatemala

The first of a series of regional training workshops on indoor air pollution and household energy monitoring, this workshop was held in Antigua, Guatemala from 2-6 May 2005 and was jointly organized by the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD).

These 5-day training workshops are intended to empower governmental and non-governmental agencies to evaluate the impact of their intervention projects on indoor air pollution, health and wellbeing, and the socioeconomic situation of the household. Main target audiences are PCIA Partners undertaking household energy intervention projects and "future trainers" willing to provide training and ongoing support to projects located in a given region.

Pennise, David. Biomass Pollution Basics(Center for entrepreneurship in International Health and Development, University of California-Berkeley) available from
http://www.who.int/indoorair/interventions/antiguamod21.pdf



3rd Biennial Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Forum, March 20-23, 2007, Bangalore, India

The agenda, attendee list, program, presentations, posters and photos from the Forum are now available the website. Please click on the Forum Proceedings Page to view and download these documents.



PCIA Indoor Air Pollution Monitoring Meeting, 30 January 2006, Seattle, Washington

Thirty six members of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air -- 18 from outside of the U.S. -- participated in an Indoor Air Pollution Meeting on January 30, 2006 in Seattle, Washington, USA following the ETHOS Conference. The diverse participation and experiences contributed greatly to achieving the purpose of the meeting which was to build our collective knowledge and capacity to conduct indoor air pollution monitoring on household energy projects, and to utilize the results to improve the lives of the billions of people using traditional fuels for home cooking and heating.

Presentations were given on the IAP monitoring programs of eight pilot projects in China, India, Ethiopia, Uganda, Honduras and Mexico. All of the meeting participants were actively engaged in IAP monitoring and contributed to meeting the specific workshop objectives to:

-Learn how projects are conducting IAP monitoring;

-Offer insights and/or assistance where requested;

-Inform projects that are in the beginning stages of their IAP monitoring; and

-Learn from the preliminary results of the monitoring.

Each presentation addressed the same questions: why monitor, how are projects monitoring, equipment used, initial findings, lessons learned, and next steps. This resulted in workshop participants gaining a good understanding of how each of the diverse projects addressed similar topics, enabling them to compare and contrast approaches, successes, challenges, and results.

The Meeting agenda and presentations can be accessed by clicking on the following links:

 Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, Indoor Air Pollution Monitoring Meeting Agenda 

Presentations:

1. Melat Esayas, Gaia Association, Ethiopia  [3,517 KB]

2. Karabi Dutta, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute, India  [401 KB]

3. David Mukisa and David Pennise, Urban Community Development Association (UCODEA) and Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development, University of California - Berkeley, Uganda  [452 KB]

4. Fan Liu, Institute for Environmental Health and Related Product Safety, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China  [1,522 KB]

5. Tami Bond, Benjamin Osorto and Stuart Conway, University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne, Honduran Association for Development, Trees, Water and People, Honduras  [1,417 KB]

6. Cynthia Amendariz and Omar Masera, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico  [13,958 KB]

7. Chaya Chengappa, Development Alternatives, India  [281 KB]

8. Xia Zuzhang and Zohir Chowdhury, The Nature Conservancy - China, Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development, University of California - Berkeley, China  [3,454 KB]



South Asia Regional Workshop on Indoor Air Pollution, Health and Household Energy, 27-28 February 2006, Kathmandu, Nepal

Practical Action Nepal and Indoor Air Pollution and Health Forum Nepal jointly organized this workshop for participants from South Asian countries, focusing on existing policy provisions and best practices of to tackle IAP in South Asia. Focus themes of the workshop will include: indoor air quality monitoring; gender and IAP; poverty and IAP; health impacts of indoor smoke; economics of household energy and indoor smoke; enabling policy frameworks; awareness raising on IAP and its reduction technologies; scaling-up of successful technologies on IAP reduction; and benefits of improving rural energy services in relation to reduced IAP. 

 Report on South Asia Regional Workshop on Indoor Air Pollution, Health and Household Energy



Shell Foundation's Breathing Space Strategy and Business Plan, 9 December 2005, Washington D.C.

On December 9th, 2005, the Shell Foundation gave a presentation to other donors and NGOs on Shell's Breathing Space Strategy and Business Plan to reduce indoor air pollution from household energy use. Shell Foundation shared their strategy aimed at achieving a long-term reduction in the incidence of IAP by deploying market-oriented and commercially viable approaches to reach 20 million households globally over the next 5 years. Their strategy has a biomass focus, incorporates a commercial model with a technology push, and focuses on :"middle income" groups ($1-3/day), with a mix of grants and financing options. Initial priority countries include China, India, Brazil, Uganda, and Kenya, and their approach includes a decentralized commercial model for rural areas, and a centralized urban commercial model. Shell Foundation is seeking partners to implement this strategy. 

  Shell Foundation Breathing Space Program - Household Energy Strategy Review



Proceedings from Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Meeting, 15 November 2005, Oxford England

Twelve members of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) who were participating in the Cooking and Carbon Expert Workshop sponsored by Oxford University, Climate Care and EcoSecurities in Oxford, England, took advantage of the opportunity to meet to plan joint activities for 2006. Each organization was asked to share one objective their organization aims to accomplish in 2006. They were asked to consider what would be the advantage of working with other organizations to accomplish this objective and what opportunities exist for other organizations to collaborate on this initiative. The objectives were compiled into six broad themes: carbon, indoor air pollution monitoring, market/business development, technology development, awareness raising, and scaling up. The group then brainstormed how they could contribute to achieve each objective.

 PCIA Oxford Meeting Proceedings



Proceedings from 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, 4-9 September 2005, Beijing China

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provided funds to support part of the costs that enabled 13 researchers from less-developed countries to participate in the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate in Beijing, China.  

Professor Kirk Smith of the School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley coordinated two sessions on indoor air pollution from household energy use and presented the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air at the Conference s closing session. He discussed the international efforts to address this environmental health risk faced by almost half the people on the planet. The 13 researchers presented their work to educate the international scientific community about the health implications of burning traditional biomass fuels and coal, and raise the profile of indoor air pollution research by scientists in those developing countries affected by this serious public health issue.

Their papers can be found below:
  Impact of Kitchen on the Concentration of Indoor Air Pollutants 

 An Overview of Studies on the Relationship between Indoor Coal Burning and Lung Cancer 

 Indoor Air Pollution from Firewood Conbustion in Traditional Houses of Nepal

 Exposure Assessment for Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in Rural Districts of Southern India 

 Indoor Air Quality and Respiratory Symptoms in Children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

 A System Approach to Reducing Indoor Air Pollution

 Indoor Air Pollution from Household Fuel Combustion in China

   Comparison of Two Indoor CO Monitoring Methods

   Knowledge of Hazards from Indoor Air Pollution from Household Energy Use in Rural China

   Domestic Combustion of Biomass Fuels and Respiratory Symptoms among Women in Zimbabwe 

   Utility of Coal-Biomass Briquettes for Remediation of Indoor Air Pollution Caused by Coal Burning in a Rural Area, in China

   Spatial Distribution of Indoor Household Concentrations of Multiple Air Pollutants in Four Chinese Provinces 

   A Few Behavioral Changes Can Go a Long Way to Improve Indoor Air Quality in Ghana 

   Linkages between Climate Mitigation Policy and Indoor Air Pollution from Solid Fuels 



Proceedings from Seminar titled "Smoke in the Kitchen: Health Impacts of Indoor Air Pollution in Developing Countries", 8 February 2005, New York, USA

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), hosted a seminar entitled "Smoke in the Kitchen: Health impacts of indoor air pollution in developing countries" on 8 February, 2005 in New York. The purpose of the seminar was to raise awareness among country governments and UN agencies on the health impacts of indoor air pollution from household energy use, and to promote global action to reduce peoples exposure to this substantial environmental health risk. A number of public health and energy experts offered presentations during the seminar. This included leading experts from the WHO, University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Columbia University, USEPA and ITDG.

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