High Level Sub-regional Consultation on Advancing Action on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) in Southeast and Northeast Asia,

19th August 2014,Bangkok, Thailand

What are SLCP ?

Short-Lived

Climate

Pollutant

Stays in atmosphere for short duration (weeks) [vs. CO2 (centuries)

Has the potential to affect the climate

Has the potential to deteriorate the air quality

SLCPs SLCPs is a collective term• Black carbon (BC)• Tropospheric ozone (O3)• Methane (CH4) • Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs)

~40% of present climate forcing due to SLCPs Reducing SLCPs most effective strategy for constraining

warming in near term- technologies with incremental benefits available

Co-benefit: Health and Food security (main drivers of policy change ?)

Project Surya

Kitchen Smoke in 500 million households: Pollute climate + Health hazard

October 2009 in IGP (India)

Partners: LOGOS

Methods and Results

Ambient Data Collection

Indoor Data Collection

Cooking drives BC in village

Strong diurnal pattern, with peaks during morning and evening cooking hours

Cooking period BC ~ 5 X Non-cooking period BC

Ambient BC concentrations about an order of magnitude larger than BC values in most polluted cities in developed countries

Testing of “improved” biomass cookstoves Dependence on biomass as

cooking fuel in 2030• Supply constraints • Economics

Focus on clean and affordable stoves• Forced Draft: “Gasifier”

stoves with two-stage combustion aided by fan

• Natural Draft: Improved one stage burning- “rocket elbow” combustion chamber

Improved stoves are not equal

Performance

• Air quality: BC concentration

• Fuel Consumption

Convenience

• Fuel processing

• Service

Price

Life

Why clean stoves are useful for end users?

Improved combustion efficiency (90% to 99%): Less smoke

Improved heat transfer efficiency (15% to 50%): Fuel Saving

Less Cooking Time (5% to 30%)

SLCPs as part of ETS In spite of its importance, SLCPs not included in carbon

market

Project Surya developed world’s first methodology to

• Valuate in CO2e form

• Validate using cell phone technology

• Reward IC users for reduction in SLCPs

Partnership with Gold Standard Foundation to peer review and register the methodology

Rolled out 5000 households as part of a dummy carbon market in form of C2P2_McQuown5000

Thank you