Cookstove Inserts: Mitigating Climate Change, Deforestation, and Respiratory Problems
By: Kaley Beins As President Obama said in Paris during this past week’s United Nations Climate Summit, “Let’s show businesses and investors that the global economy is on a firm path towards a low carbon future.” Extensive scientific research has demonstrated the serious threat that climate change poses to the environment and humanity. Now governments are pushing for economic change in order to stimulate the mitigation of climate change. But what about those without the economic power to influence such large scale decisions? Almost 40% of the world’s population uses firewood