HEDON newsletter (21/11/2007)

HEDON newsletter (21/11/2007)
Raffaella Bellanca [raffaella@ecoharmony.com], Household Energy Network

Welcome to the email newsletter of the HEDON Household Energy Network.
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==News from the Special Interest Groups== To join Special Interest Groups (SIGs) login to HEDON and manage your subscriptions from the HEDON User Centre.

===CleanAirSIG===
Members of CleanAirSIG have been creating new content on the SIG pages including a page on Education and Clean Indoor Air, a discussion on Indoor Air Pollution in Slums in Kolkata, India, and discussions around the usefulness of health questions in IAP questionnaires. To view the pages visit the CleanAirSIG webpage at www.hedon.info/goto.php/CleanAirSIG and use the menu to find the discussions.

===CarbonSIG===
To mark the publication of Boiling Point 54 on Climate Change and Household Energy HEDON CarbonSIG and Eco Ltd is holding a two-week online conference Climate Change from 9-23 January 2008. Sign up from the HEDON User Centre. Read more here:
www.hedon.info/goto.php/CarbonSIGConferenceJanuary2008

==Latest news and announcements - online at http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/news.htm ==

Contains 14 new documents. Showing first 10. Visit http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/news.htm for the full list.

===APPLY NOW FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE "FORMULATING PROPOSALS FOR CDM PROJECTS" COURSE===

The deadline is fast approaching for Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) finance for this climate change course - 1st December 2007

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1054/news.htm

===TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC WORKSHOP ON HOUSEHOLD ENERGY INTERVENTIONS IN HUMANTARIAN SETTINGS===

Interested HEDON members are welcome to participate in a technical and programmatic workshop on Household Energy Interventions in Humanitarian Settings in Geneva on 5 December 2007. Display tables/demonstration areas will be available for participants.

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1052/news.htm

===REGIONAL INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND HOUSEHOLD ENERGY MONITORING WORKSHOPS DRAW TO A CLOSE===

16 household energy practitioners have just returned to their homes in 10 countries across Africa to implement monitoring action plans following a very successful week of training in Pretoria.

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1051/news.htm

===LEDS BRIGHTEN THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND PLACES===

Gorilla reserve, Amazon basin, Sri Lankan refugee camps and Papua New Guinea first aid posts are among the new Light Up The World Foundation projects

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1050/news.htm

===NEW WHO PUBLICATIONS ON THE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD ENERGY AND HEALTH INTERVENTIONS===

These guidelines provided the basis for a cost-benefit analysis of three interventions (LPG, Ethanol, Improved Stoves) under different scenarios. The study concludes that the health and productivity gains far outweigh the overall costs of interventions.

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1049/news.htm

===CAMCO INTERNATIONAL AND PIONEER CARBON SIGN INNOVATIVE CHINESE STOVE AGREEMENT===

The Camco Group and Pioneer Carbon are to support the Daxu stove programme in China, with the aim of installing over 1 million stoves within a 3 year period saving in the region of 28m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in the first five years.

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1048/news.htm

===SUCCESSFUL ENERGY POLICY INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICA STUDY NOW OUT.===

A study financed by GTZ/BMZ on Successful Energy Policy Interventions in Africa is now out.

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1047/news.htm

===HEDON CARBONSIG IS ENDORSING THE CARBONMARKETS AFRICA CONFERENCE IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA===

Carbon Markets Africa aims to stimulate and bring new project developers and hosts to the forefront with the overall aim of increasing the size of the market.

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1045/news.htm

===NEWS FROM THE WORLD LP GAS FORUM IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA===

"Sustainable development will only happen when energy poverty is tackled and the environment is protected...Crucial to both is the expansion of clean, affordable and accessible energy. LP Gas can play that role", said the Minister of Minerals and Energy

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1044/news.htm

===STUDY ON IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTANTS DURING THE DIWALI FESTIVAL IN PUNE.===

Last year in Pune a study undertaken by the Chest Research Foundation (CRF) which has revealed that 25% of the population suffers from inhaling gaseous pollutants emitted by firecrackers during Diwali.

More details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/1043/news.htm

Do you have relevant household energy news? Please send your household energy news items us by return email!

==Events and meetings (see
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/events.htm)==

Contains 14 events. Showing nearest 5. Visit http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/events.htm for the full list.

===7TH MEETING OF THE GLOBAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY (GFSE)===

To be held in Austria, starting 21 November 2007

Full details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/498/events.htm

===STAKES AND PERSPECTIVES OF BIOFUELS FOR AFRICA===

To be held in Burkina Faso, starting 27 November 2007

Full details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/504/events.htm

===TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC WORKSHOP ON HOUSEHOLD ENERGY INTERVENTIONS IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS===

To be held in No specific region or country, starting 05 December
2007

Full details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/538/events.htm

===POLICIES AGAINST HUNGER VI - BIOENERGY AND FOOD SECURITY===

To be held in Germany, starting 16 December 2007

Full details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/506/events.htm

===CARBONSIG E-CONFERENCE - HOUSEHOLD ENERGY AND CARBON FINANCE===

To be held in No specific region or country, starting 09 January
2008

Full details online at:
http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/517/events.htm

Do you have relevant household energy events? Please send details of forthcoming household energy events us by return email!

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