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Domestic cooking energy markets and the contingent role of public policies
18th May 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
As MECS country-level activities increase and expand, it is becoming increasingly relevant for researchers to decipher the policy instruments public…
Continue readingEnsuring every body can cook: including people with disabilities in MECS
13th May 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
In our first piece of the new Leave No-One Behind (LNOB) blog series (introduction to the series here), Dr Amita…
Continue readingThe imperative for Leaving No-One Behind and the MECS programme
13th May 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Dr Joni Cook This blog discusses the central importance of the ‘Leave No-One Behind’ (LNOB) agenda to the aims…
Continue readingUsing Covid-19 recovery plans to tackle the root causes of noncommunicable diseases
04th May 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
An opinion piece by Dr Simon Batchelor (MECS), Sheila Oparaocha (ENERGIA/Hivos) & Hon. Dr. Kandeh.K. Yumkella (TENN). Covid-19 is devastating…
Continue readingThe critical urgency for advancing clean cooking solutions in light of the Covid-19 pandemic
22nd April 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Prof. Ed Brown, MECS Research Director. Building on some of the issues raised in the current MECS newsletter, our…
Continue readingThe MECS Programme in Unprecedented Times: Covid-19 and the MECS Family
20th April 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
Editorial By Prof. Ed Brown, MECS Research Director. We are living through strange and uncertain times. There is not a…
Continue readingEating through power cuts with EPCs
06th April 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Jacob Fodio Todd (University of Sussex), Jon Leary (Loughborough University), Mourine Cheruiyot (ACTS), Jessie Press-Williams (Burn Manufacturing). In November…
Continue readingModern Energy Cooking Services in Tanzania: eCookbooks, eCooking demos and government lobbying
25th March 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
Written by TaTEDO (Tanzania Traditional Energy Development Organization, MECS Southern Partner), about their activities in February and March 2020. Find…
Continue readingSolar eRecipes – establishing the minimum viable product for solar electric cooking
19th March 20, Post, Posted by Jon Leary
by Jon Leary, Agnes Kalyonge, Monica Kalyonge, Hannah Blair, Sam Grant and Max Garnick. These solar eRecipes are designed to…
Continue readingSolar’s past and e-cooking’s future
19th February 20, Post, Posted by Joni Cook
By Dr Rob Byrne (MECS UK University partner project lead for the University of Sussex, and Senior Lecturer, Science Policy…
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