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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Pathways to achieve universal household access to modern energy by 2030
Environmental Research Letters, Volume 8, No. 2, Article 024015, Year 2013
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A lack of access to modern energy impacts health and welfare and impedes development for billions of people. Growing concern about these impacts has mobilized the international community to set new targets for universal modern energy access. However, analyses exploring pathways to achieve these targets and quantifying the potential costs and benefits are limited. Here, we use two modelling frameworks to analyse investments and consequences of achieving total rural electrification and universal access to clean-combusting cooking fuels and stoves by 2030. Our analysis indicates that these targets can be achieved with additional investment of US$200565-86 billion per year until 2030 combined with dedicated policies. Only a combination of policies that lowers costs for modern cooking fuels and stoves, along with more rapid electrification, can enable the realization of these goals. Our results demonstrate the critical importance of accounting for varying demands and affordability across heterogeneous household groups in both analysis and policy setting. While the investments required are significant, improved access to modern cooking fuels alone can avert between 0.6 and 1.8 million premature deaths annually in 2030 and enhance wellbeing substantially. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pachauri, Shonali
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van Ruijven, Bas
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Nagai, Yu
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Riahi, Keywan
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Van Vuuren, Detlef P.
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Brew-Hammond, A.
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Nakicenovic, Nebojša
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Statistics
Citations: 156
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024015
e-ISSN:
17489326
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health