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Research Outputs

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Papers published by the SCARE team

  1. Poudel, P., Joshi, P., Tuladhar, S., Ghimire, A., Baidya, M., Howard, G. and Sharma, S., 2024. Groundwater implications on methane emission from non-sewered sanitation systems in Nepal. Environmental Pollution, p.124248 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124248
  2. Reddy, O.; Rahman, M.; Nijhawan, A.; Pregnolato, M.;Howard, G. Infiltrated Pits: Using Regional Groundwater Data to Estimate Methane Emissions from Pit Latrines. Hydrology 2023, 10, 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10050114.
  3. Poudel P, Ghimire A, Howard G, Evans B, Camargo-Valero MA, Reddy O, Sharma S, Tuladhar S, Geremew A, Okurut K, Ngom B, Baidya M & Dangol S. 2023. Field-based methods for measuring greenhouse gases emissions from on-site sanitation systems: A systematic review of published literature. Heliyon, 9 e19947, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19947

Conference abstracts and presentations to date

  1. Stockholm World Water Week August 2024: “How Sanitation Can Help Meet the Global Methane Pledge” presented by the SCARE Project team and Linda Strande from eawag, Switzerland. A full video of the presentation is available here.
  2. Our team in Haramaya presented the preliminary results from the SCARE data at the national workshop they organized, “Accelerating Climate-Resilient WASH in Ethiopia: Stakeholder Meeting,” on June 1, 2023.
  3. The following abstracts have been submitted to Roorkee Water Conclave: Responsible Water Management and Circular Economy (March 3- 6, 2024)
    1. Oral Presentation by Prativa Poudel: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from On-site Sanitation Technologies in Nepal using Refined Intergovernmental Policy on Climate Change Guidelines (pdf format)
    2. Poster Presentation by Sarana Tuladhar: Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Onsite Sanitation in Nepal using Modified Static Flux Chamber: An Innovative Approach (pdf format)

Manuscript preprints/titles/authors under review

  1. Field-based methods for measuring greenhouse gases emissions from on-site sanitation systems: A systematic review of published literature Heliyon (pdf format)

Other Relevant Resources

  1. Flint A, Howard G, Baidya M, Wondim T, Poudel M, Nijhawan A, Sharma S & Mulugeta Y. 2022. Equity in Global North-South Research Partnerships: Interrogating UK funding models. Global Social Challenges Journal, 1(1): 76-93, https://doi.org/10.1332/VQIL8302
  2. Kapwata T, Kunene Z, Wernecke B, Lange S, Howard G, Nijhawan A. & Wright CY 2022. Applying a WASH risk assessment tool in a rural South African setting to identify risks and opportunities for climate resilient communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (2664), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052664
  3. Howard, G., Nijhawan, A., Flint, A., Baidya,, M., Poudel, M., Alemua, B.M., Ayele, D.M., Pregnolato, M., Lo, E., Sharma, S., & Wondim T. 2021. How tough is WASH? Developing an indicator framework for assessing climate resilience for water and sanitation services in low and middle income countries. NPJ Clean Water, 4:39, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-021-00130-5
  4. Howard G, Calow R, Macdonald A and Bartram J. 2016. Climate Change and Water and Sanitation: Likely Impacts and Emerging Trends for Action. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 41: 253-276, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085856
  5. Johnson, J., Zakaria, F., Nkurunziza, A.G. et al. Whole-system analysis reveals high greenhouse-gas emissions from citywide sanitation in Kampala, Uganda. Commun Earth Environ 3, 80 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00413-w
  6. Shikun Cheng, Jinyun Long, Barbara Evans, Zhe Zhan, Tianxin Li, Cong Chen, Heinz-Peter Mang, Zifu Li, Non-negligible greenhouse gas emissions from non-sewered sanitation systems: A meta-analysis, Environmental Research, Volume 212, Part D, 2022, 113468, ISSN 0013-9351, read the article
  7. Cuihong Song, Jun-Jie Zhu, John L. Willis, Daniel P. Moore, Mark A. Zondlo, and Zhiyong Jason Ren Methane Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems Environmental Science & Technology 2023 57 (6), 2248-2261 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c04388
  8. A call to action for acceleration of access to climate-resilient sanitation services Coalition for Resilient Sanitation

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