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The cook behind the stove

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Understanding what drives household-level decisions to keep cooking with polluting cookstoves and fuels must be grounded in theory for sustained change to occur. New research examines the literature through a behavioural model and finds that affordability, technical aspects, and fuel supply are the main drivers of fuel stacking.

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Thompson, L.M. The cook behind the stove. Nat Energy 7, 788–789 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01101-x

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