Reduce emissions and consumption from wood fires in Kenya

This case study evaluates a grass-roots campaign in Western Kenya, sponsored by the US-based non-profit Sun24, which promoted the use of rockbeds in cooking fires to reduce wood consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

• A campaign training women leaders in a local Anglican diocese to promote rockbeds reached communities with approximately 9200 families. A survey of 1362 households found that 67% of families were aware of rockbeds, and 85% of those aware had installed and continued to use them for several months.
• The effectiveness of the training was higher than informal communication; individuals trained by Sun24 or women leaders were three times more likely to use rockbeds daily compared to those who learned via word of mouth. Users reported a high level of satisfaction with the technology.
• Rockbeds are a cost-effective mitigation strategy with implementation costs of approximately USD 0.06 per ton of CO2e over five years. Researchers estimate that a single adopter can reduce annual emissions by roughly 480 of carbon dioxide-equivalent.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). Reduce emissions and consumption from wood fires in Kenya. https://www.sei.org/publications/reduce-emissions-consumption-wood-fires-kenya/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Reduce emissions and consumption from wood fires in Kenya. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/reduce-emissions-consumption-wood-fires-kenya/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021reduce, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Reduce emissions and consumption from wood fires in Kenya}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = jul, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/reduce-emissions-consumption-wood-fires-kenya/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }