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Behavioural factors that drive stacking with traditional cooking fuels using the COM-B model

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  • Tash Perros

    (University College London)

  • Ayʂe Lisa Allison

    (University College London)

  • Julia Tomei

    (University College London)

  • Priti Parikh

    (University College London)

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Globally, 2.8 billion people cook with biomass fuels, resulting in devastating health and environmental consequences. Efforts to transition households to cooking with clean fuels are hampered by ‘fuel stacking’, the reliance on multiple fuels and stoves. Consequently, there have been few interventions that have realized the full potential of clean cooking. Here we conduct a structured literature review (N = 100) to identify drivers of fuel stacking and specify them according to a psychological model of behaviour, the Capability–Opportunity–Motivation (COM-B) model. We create a taxonomy of stacking and find that the Physical Opportunity domain accounted for 82% of drivers. Our results have important implications for intervention design as they suggest improving opportunity is the most effective pathway to adoption of cleaner fuels. The findings are used to derive recommendations about how policymakers and practitioners can proactively address drivers of stacking to foster adoption of clean cooking stoves and fuels.

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  • Tash Perros & Ayʂe Lisa Allison & Julia Tomei & Priti Parikh, 2022. "Behavioural factors that drive stacking with traditional cooking fuels using the COM-B model," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 7(9), pages 886-898, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:7:y:2022:i:9:d:10.1038_s41560-022-01074-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-022-01074-x
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    1. Perros, T. & Allison, A.L. & Tomei, J. & Aketch, V. & Parikh, P., 2023. "Cleaning up the stack: Evaluating a clean cooking fuel stacking intervention in urban Kenya," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    2. Blimpo, Moussa P. & Dato, Prudence & Mukhaya, Brian & Odarno, Lily, 2024. "Climate change and economic development in Africa: A systematic review of energy transition modeling research," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    3. Babak Khavari & Camilo Ramirez & Marc Jeuland & Francesco Fuso Nerini, 2023. "A geospatial approach to understanding clean cooking challenges in sub-Saharan Africa," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 6(4), pages 447-457, April.

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