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

Perros, Tash; Allison, Ayʂe Lisa; Tomei, Julia; Parikh, Priti; (2022) Behavioural factors that drive stacking with traditional cooking fuels using the COM-B model. Nature Energy , 7 pp. 886-898. 10.1038/s41560-022-01074-x. Green open access

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Abstract

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.

Type: Article
Title: Behavioural factors that drive stacking with traditional cooking fuels using the COM-B model
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41560-022-01074-x
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01074-x
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: Development studies, Energy access, Energy and behaviour, Sustainability
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10152975
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