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

2. 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.

3. A typical traditional cooking + space heating stoves

4. A typical traditional cooking + space heating stoves

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

6. Fuel storage

7. Social and Culture association of fuels

8. Home brewing and small hotels

9. A typical tourist route hotel stoves

10. Most common fuels used for cooking + heating

11. (Source: IEA & World Bank 2017)

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

13. 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

14. Bhutan improved stoves (Bhutan Government)

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

16. Governments subsidized improved stoves (Nepal)

18. Any questions?
Thank you!