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Publication year: 2011
Source: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 3, Issue 4, September 2011, Pages 241-247
Gwenaelle Legros, Stephen Gitonga, Kamal Rijal
About 1.5 billion people in developing countries lack access to electricity and about three billion people rely on solid fuels — traditional biomass (2.6 billion) and coal (0.4 billion) — for cooking. Although energy access varies widely across developing countries, it is much lower in poorer developing countries compared to other developing countries, placing poor countries at a huge disadvantage; it is also less in rural than in urban areas. Modern fuels and improved cooking stoves to meet most basic cooking needs of households are out of the reach of most households in developing countries, particularly in rural areas. Worldwide, almost two million deaths that occur annually from pneumonia, chronic lung disease and lung cancer are associated with exposure to indoor air pollution as a result of cooking with traditional biomass and coal, and 99% of these are in developing countries.The national targets for access to modern forms of energy (electricity and modern fuels) to meet their energy services (lighting, cooking, heating, motive power and communication), both in rural and urban areas, vary across the regions. Most developing countries lag far behind in expanding access to modern energy services especially for the poor, not only slowing the pace of achieving the Millennium Development Goals but also impeding their aspirations for growth and sustainable development.
Source: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 3, Issue 4, September 2011, Pages 241-247
Gwenaelle Legros, Stephen Gitonga, Kamal Rijal
About 1.5 billion people in developing countries lack access to electricity and about three billion people rely on solid fuels — traditional biomass (2.6 billion) and coal (0.4 billion) — for cooking. Although energy access varies widely across developing countries, it is much lower in poorer developing countries compared to other developing countries, placing poor countries at a huge disadvantage; it is also less in rural than in urban areas. Modern fuels and improved cooking stoves to meet most basic cooking needs of households are out of the reach of most households in developing countries, particularly in rural areas. Worldwide, almost two million deaths that occur annually from pneumonia, chronic lung disease and lung cancer are associated with exposure to indoor air pollution as a result of cooking with traditional biomass and coal, and 99% of these are in developing countries.The national targets for access to modern forms of energy (electricity and modern fuels) to meet their energy services (lighting, cooking, heating, motive power and communication), both in rural and urban areas, vary across the regions. Most developing countries lag far behind in expanding access to modern energy services especially for the poor, not only slowing the pace of achieving the Millennium Development Goals but also impeding their aspirations for growth and sustainable development.
