COVID-19's Impact on the Transition to Clean Cooking Fuels

• Tác giả: Yabei Zhang
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 643.33 Housing and household equipment
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 300427
• Chủ đề: 1. CLEAN COOKING TECHNOLOGY; 2. COOKING FUEL; 3. CORONAVIRUS; 4. COVID-19; 5. PANDEMIC IMPACT

Tóm tắt

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has magnified household preferences for convenience and affordability, presenting challenges as well as opportunities for the transition to clean cooking fuels. Initial findings from a study in rural Kenya suggest that the pandemic and lockdown have altered household cooking practices and fuel-use patterns. COVID-19 is nudging middle-income households to switch to modern cooking fuels (biogas and electricity), because these have been less disrupted by the COVID restrictions. However, without external support, COVID-19 will push poorer households further down the energy ladder.