Electrification of heating, particularly with highly efficient heat pumps, is increasingly viewed as essential for … reaching the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement. In China, rural heating has long represented a major contributor to local … promoted replacement of dirty coal heating in rural areas, initially with natural gas, and more recently with clean coal stoves …

Household consumption of coal and other dirty fuels for heating and cooking greatly contributes to air pollution both … outdoors and indoors. This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of household heating choice (dirty versus …). Half of the households (50%) use coal for heating. We find that the energy-poor (who comprise 66% of the population) are …

measures, while construction materials and heating sources significantly influence insulation decisions. Additionally, the … willingness to insulate. These groups include rural households, those with higher heating expenditures, those using solid or … fossil fuels for heating, and low- to middle-income households. …

, or their existing heating system in their fuel choice. The empirical evidence shows that employed females are more likely …