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

Ellison Carter (), Li Yan, Yu Fu, Brian Robinson, Frank Kelly, Paul Elliott, Yangfeng Wu, Liancheng Zhao, Majid Ezzati, Xudong Yang, Queenie Chan and Jill Baumgartner ()
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Ellison Carter: Colorado State University
Li Yan: School of Public Health, Imperial 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
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
Xudong Yang: Tsinghua University
Queenie Chan: School of Public Health, Imperial College London
Jill Baumgartner: Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University

Nature Sustainability, 2020, vol. 3, issue 1, 42-50

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2020
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