Reduce emissions and consumption from wood fires in Kenya

A campaign in Western Kenya promoting the use of rockbeds in cooking fires achieved a 67% awareness rate among surveyed households, with 85% of those aware adopting the technology. The intervention is highly cost-effective, costing approximately USD 0.06 per ton of CO2e over five years, with each adopter reducing annual emissions by about 480 kg of carbon dioxide-equivalent.

• A survey of 1,362 households revealed that 67% were aware of rockbeds, and 85% of those aware had installed and continued to use them for several months. Users reported high satisfaction, and those receiving formal training from Sun24 or women leaders were three times more likely to use rockbeds daily than those who learned via word of mouth.
• The adoption of rockbeds is estimated to reduce annual emissions by approximately 480 kg of carbon dioxide-equivalent per adopter. Due to very low implementation costs, the strategy is cost-effective, estimated at USD 0.06 per ton of CO2e over a five-year period.

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} }