Presentation on Himalayan perspective Summit on Black Carbon and Other Emissions from Combined Cooking+Heating and Coal Heating Stoves May 29 -30, 2017, Location: Warsaw, Poland Karuna Bajracharya Household Energy and Development Analyst ICIMOD

3,500 kilometers over eight countries, spanning from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east Heating and cooking stoves vary across the region depending upon culture and cooking needs and are influenced by neighboring countries. Peak heating and cooking requirements for almost all regions span from early November to February.

A typical traditional cooking + space heating stoves

A typical traditional cooking + space heating stoves

Fuel supply for space heating typically from mid hill districts of Nepal

Fuel storage

Social and Culture association of fuels

Home brewing and small hotels

A typical tourist route hotel stoves

Most common fuels used for cooking + heating

(Source: IEA & World Bank 2017)

Hotel owner bought Stove from China boarder(Mustang) Conservation project introduced some solutions Hotel owner bought Stove from China boarder(Mustang)

Other majors of sources 1000 kilns in Nepal using coal imported from Indonesia Major tea industries are using coal for drying tea leaf Large amount of wood (undried wood )for cardamom drying

Bhutan improved stoves (Bhutan Government)

Programme for improvement at Afghanistan Welthunger Hilfe Jalalabad Regional Office Jalalabad Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy Conservation in Afghanistan Jalalabad Regional Office

Governments subsidized improved stoves (Nepal)

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