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Household transitions to clean energy in a multiprovincial cohort study in China

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  • Ellison Carter

    (Colorado State University
    University of Minnesota)

  • Li Yan

    (School of Public Health, Imperial College London
    School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, Kings College London)

  • Yu Fu

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Brian Robinson

    (McGill University)

  • Frank Kelly

    (School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, Kings College London)

  • Paul Elliott

    (School of Public Health, Imperial College London
    School of Public Health, Imperial College London)

  • Yangfeng Wu

    (Peking University Clinical Research Institute)

  • Liancheng Zhao

    (Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences)

  • Majid Ezzati

    (School of Public Health, Imperial College London
    School of Public Health, Imperial College London)

  • Xudong Yang

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Queenie Chan

    (School of Public Health, Imperial College London)

  • Jill Baumgartner

    (Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University)

Abstract

Household solid-fuel (biomass, coal) burning contributes to climate change and is a leading health risk factor. How and why households stop using solid-fuel stoves after adopting clean fuels has not been studied. We assessed trends in the uptake, use and suspension of household stoves and fuels in a multiprovincial cohort study of 753 Chinese adults and evaluated determinants of clean-fuel uptake and solid-fuel suspension. Over one-third (35%) and one-fifth (17%) of participants suspended use of solid fuel for cooking and heating, respectively, during the past 20 years. Determinants of solid-fuel suspension (younger age, widowed) and of earlier suspension (younger age, higher education and poor self-reported health status) differed from the determinants of clean-fuel uptake (younger age, higher income, smaller households and retired) and of earlier adoption (higher income). Clean-fuel adoption and solid-fuel suspension warrant joint consideration as indicators of household energy transition. Household energy research and planning efforts that more closely examine solid-fuel suspension may accelerate household energy transitions that benefit climate and human health.

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  • Ellison Carter & Li Yan & Yu Fu & Brian Robinson & Frank Kelly & Paul Elliott & Yangfeng Wu & Liancheng Zhao & Majid Ezzati & Xudong Yang & Queenie Chan & Jill Baumgartner, 2020. "Household transitions to clean energy in a multiprovincial cohort study in China," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(1), pages 42-50, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:3:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41893-019-0432-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0432-x
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