Inefficient firewood and charcoal usage contributes massively to global greenhouse gas emissions and causes four million mortal diseases a year. - Relative to other climate protection measures, public investments in the dissemination of improved biomass cooking stoves provide a very effective...

Large-scale investments in grid roll out to rural Africa have only a weak impact on income, health and education; benefits do not reach the poor. - More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries lack access to electricity. Based on the assumption that electricity is a prerequisite for...