Jacob E. Moss

U.S. Department of State

September 14, 2012

• Development of new stove technologies and fuels

• Development of cheaper and more accurate monitoring tools

• Demonstrated successes in the field

• Private sector interest in Base of Pyramid

• Availability of innovative financing (carbon, micro, impact investment)

• Strong empirical evidence on health and environmental effects

• Policy interest in near-term climate mitigation opportunities

• Ownership and excitement at national country level

• Convergence of players and new approaches

Old Issue, Renewed Momentum Why Now?

Launch of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

“By upgrading these stoves, millions of lives could be saved and improved. This could be as transformative as bed nets or even vaccines.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, September 21, 2010

Every day, 3 billion people (500 million households) rely on solid fuels to power their rudimentary stoves, leading to 2 million deaths annually, wasted productivity, and environmental degradation.

Problem

Universal adoption of clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels. Vision

Save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and preserve the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels.

Mission

100 million households adopt clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels by 2020. Goal

The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

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The Alliance convened the sector to develop a cohesive strategy to ignite change.

More than 350

practitioners and other experts

11 expert Working Groups

6 months of engagement

Strategy report released in November 2011!

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Strengthen

Supply

Foster an Enabling

Environment

Enhance

Demand

• Finance clean cookstoves and fuels at scale • Access carbon finance • Build an inclusive value chain for clean cookstoves and fuels • Gather better market intelligence • Ensure access for vulnerable populations (humanitarian)

• Promote international standards and rigorous testing protocols, locally and globally • Champion the sector to build awareness • Further document the evidence base (health, climate, and gender) • Engage national and local stakeholders • Develop credible monitoring and evaluation systems

• Understand and motivate the user as a customer • Reach the last mile • Finance the purchase of clean cookstoves and fuels • Develop better cookstove technologies and a broader menu of options

A three-pronged strategy has been developed to spur the clean cookstove market.

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• International Workshop Agreement meeting in the Hague – a group of more than 90 stakeholders from 23 countries reached a consensus on an International Workshop Agreement document in February 2012. Guidance in final stages of editing and will be released by early June.

• International Standard – The Alliance has begun discussions with the American National Standards Institute regarding their possible role as the U.S. secretariat for the cookstoves standards process, which will continue under the International Organization for Standardization framework.

• Continuous improvement in acceptable standards – The Alliance will define a baseline by end of 2012 and continue to increase the bar on acceptable standards every few years.

• Health-based Guidelines – Alliance supporting parallel World Health Organization process, with guidelines expected by end of 2012

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The Alliance and ISO have made strong progress toward global cookstoves standards.

The Alliance will be operational in five priority countries by year end.

8 China and India are envisioned to have unique leadership roles within the Alliance.

*Countries to be finalized after all stakeholder consultation meetings.

East Africa region (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda), Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Vietnam

Ghana, Nigeria, Indonesia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru

Focus Countries – Transformational Role

Active Countries – Selective Engagement

Stakeholder sessions held in a dozen countries and draft action plans in place for priority countries.

We are deploying a two track approach to enabling markets in priority countries.

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Engage Governments

Market Intelligence

Technology and Manufacturing

Access to Finance (all types)

Innovation

Standards and Testing Sector Support:

- Mobilize

Resources - Champion Sector - Knowledge Hub - Catalyze sector

and broker partnerships

- M+E - Strengthen

Evidence Base

Capacity Development

Entrepreneur Training

Reaching the Last-Mile

Consumer Research

Activities for the public good that benefit the entire sector

Tailored support that focuses limited resources on driving scale

Critical research is well underway along with tools to catalyze action and momentum within the sector.

• Child Survival RFA (April): ~ $1m with match provided by NIH

• Climate Mapping RFP (July): ~ $500k

• Gender and Livelihood Research (July): ~ $250k

• Testing Center RFA (July): $1.3m

• Capacity building and working capital funds RFA to be launched in October ~ $3m

• RFA for new business models ~ $1m

Filling in the evidence gaps … Developing online communities of practice …

and in person Clean Cookstove Conference in Asia next Spring.

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Nearly 400 Partners and Growing

Canada

Denmark

Finland

Germany

Italy

Ireland

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

Donor Countries Private Sector Donors NGO and MFI National Partners

Afghanistan Bangladesh Burkina Faso Cambodia China Colombia El Salvador Ethiopia Ghana Guatemala Kenya Laos Lesotho Malawi Mexico Nepal Nigeria Rwanda South Africa Tanzania Peru Viet Nam Uganda

The Alliance continues to Champion the Issue through variety of supporters, channels and events.

Julia Roberts during Alliance Video recording

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U.S. Commitment

High-level Diplomacy

• High-level diplomatic outreach to engage new country partners • Incorporating cookstoves into high-level bilateral and

multilateral dialogues of the U.S. government • Outreach to engage new private, multilateral, NGO, and other

partners for the Alliance • Engaging U.S. embassies and missions to support Alliance

activities in their countries, as appropriate • Engaging high-level U.S. officials in support of Alliance activities • Engaging new U.S. government agencies as appropriate • Leveraging U.S. government research commitments to engage

other research institutions globally

Original U.S. Commitment: 5+ years, over $50M

NIH Health Research ($24.7M)

CDC Health Evaluation

($1.0M)

EPA Stove Testing ($6.0M)

USAID ($9.0M)

DOE Technology

Research ($12.5M)

• Ongoing & new research and clinical trials

• Develop improved measuring devices

• Expand epidemiologic studies

Develop low-emission, high-efficiency stoves • Combustion

research • Sensors, fans,

monitors • materials

• Expanded stove testing lab to conduct extensive in-house testing

• Regional stove testing workshops

• Leading stove standards effort

• Haiti market building effort

• Researching strategies to influence behavior related to adoption of clean cooking stoves and fuels

Evaluating cookstove programs to better understand their public health benefits

Mostly Applied Research on Cookstoves

Year 2 USG Commitments

Overseas Private

Investment Corp (up to

$50M)

CDC Health Evaluation

($1.2M)

USDA and NOAA

Peace Corps

State Dept. and USAID

($2.2M)

Debt financing or insurance over 3 years to support clean cookstove projects (e.g., manufacture, sale, purchase)

• Provide 30,000 stoves to 200K drought-affected individuals in the Horn of Africa

• Behavior change research

Technical expertise on key policy questions related to biomass-based cooking fuels, forestry, and near-term climate benefits

Expanded efforts to facilitate the construction, purchase of, and proper use of improved cookstoves in 11 countries

Evaluating cookstove programs to better understand their public health benefits

Financing, Research, Emergency Relief, &

Operations

Recent State Dept. Activities

Transitioning from traditional to clean stove (India, 2011)

Sec. Clinton at cookstoves exhibit (Beijing, 2012)

Sec. Clinton at cookstoves exhibit (Chennai, 2011)

Special Rep. Balderston at clean cookstove demo (Joburg, 2012)

Special Rep. Balderston at Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology

(Beijing, 2012) Special Rep. Balderston building

cookstove (Guatemala, 2012)

• Under Secretary Clinton’s leadership, the U.S. has helped the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves position the cookstoves sector to achieve unprecedented global progress.

• The U.S. has made an unprecedented, whole-of-government commitment to the Alliance (10 agencies).

• Every U.S. agency is meeting or exceeding its original commitment.

• The updated United States commitment to the Alliance will be announced on September 24 in New York City.

Summary US Government Messages