Emissions reductions & the Papillon

	Desert rose (Adenium obesum) in Chad. Photo: Paul Krämer

The Chadian population depends heavily on wood fuel for cooking, but consumption in Chad exceeds new growth, leading to deforestation especially around population centers, and is thus in part unsustainable.

Every Chadian consumes about 380 kg of wood fuel per year. An average Chadian family (5-6 persons) causes emissions of about 7446 kg of CO2 equivalents (= 2031 kg of CO2-carbon).

The unsustainable part of wood fuel consumption has to be replaced by other affordable forms of energy. Solar cookers are a realistic possibility, but need a back-up energy.

Solar cookers are by far less expensive than electricity or gas for cooking, but still out of reach for most Chadians. Climate protection funds may be used to make them more affordable.

Households possessing a Papillon solar cooker can be expected to use it in one out of two cooking procedures, thus halving emissions. The negative health impact of biomass burning would also be halved.

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Emission reductions

Cooking with renewable energies, La cuisson avec des énergies renouvelables

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