WOOD-SAVING STOVES: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO SWITCH TECHNOLOGY AND CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCTION OF DEFORESTATION AND CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION. THE CASE OF KILIMANJARO REGION, TANZANIA

摘要

This study examines the energy-consumption pattern in the Kilimanjaro Region in the context of the energy-switch principle and its potential contribution to reduction of deforestation and carbon dioxide emission. Such information will be useful in designing an energy-improvement strategy on emissions reduction linked to a carbon-credit-earning scheme, preferably through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) "Millennium Development Goal Carbon Initiative," and other carbon markets. The results show that the preferred energy source is firewood, and a majority of respondents are still using 3-stone stoves. Wood-saving stoves are reducing firewood consumption and carbon dioxide emission by 51%, which is an opportunity to contribute to combating deforestation, land degradation, and carbon dioxide (CO_2) emission and benefit from the Carbon Initiative. However, considering the high transaction and distribution costs of energy-saving technologies in Tanzania, this opportunity will only be meaningful if the government removed such constraints.