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Towards clean household energy in Africa: experience from the front line in Kenya

Towards clean household energy in Africa: experience from the front line in Kenya

by Nigel | Nov 17, 2020 | Air pollution, Energy, Environment, Feature Articles, Health, Sustainable development

Before Coronavirus struck in March 2020, Kenya was pioneering a radical new approach to reducing deaths from household air pollution by training community health workers to inform people about the dangers of traditional polluting fuels and encourage them to switch to...
Kimball Chen: champion of clean cooking fuel for the world’s poor

Kimball Chen: champion of clean cooking fuel for the world’s poor

by Nigel | Nov 11, 2020 | Air pollution, Energy, Environment, Feature Articles, Health, Sustainable development

Cooking should not kill – but it does. It is a sobering fact that more than two million children and adults die prematurely every year from air pollution in their homes. This unhealthy air results from cooking with wood, charcoal, animal dung and kerosene. Over...
Joining the Crazy Club at 60 – three ascents of Mt Ventoux in one day for an African charity

Joining the Crazy Club at 60 – three ascents of Mt Ventoux in one day for an African charity

by Nigel | Aug 11, 2020 | Cycling, Feature Articles, Sport, Travel

Cycling up the legendary Mt Ventoux three times in one day in your sixties may seem ambitious, unwise even. But with adequate preparation it can be enjoyable and very rewarding.

This article was published on-line by Cycling Plus in April 2020

Sustainable recovery and clean energy in low-income countries

Sustainable recovery and clean energy in low-income countries

by Nigel | Aug 4, 2020 | Air pollution, Blog Posts, Commentary, Energy, Environment, Health, Ideas in Development, Sustainable development

I am planning a short commentary on the recent IEA Report ‘Sustainable Recovery’, published in June 2020. This will highlight the main findings on the impact of Covid-19 and the proposals for investment in the energy sector in low-income countries over the...
Exploring Great War History by Bike: The Lost Legacy for Peace of Jean Jaurès

Exploring Great War History by Bike: The Lost Legacy for Peace of Jean Jaurès

by Nigel | Jul 17, 2019 | Cycling, Feature Articles, History, Modern (20th Century), Photography, Recent (11th to 19th Centuries), Travel

On the wall of a modest café in Montmartre, a plaque marks what could lay claim to being among the most consequential events of the early 20th Century. It states, simply: ‘Here, on 31st July 1914, Jean Jaurès was assassinated’. By firing his shots through the window...
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