Analysis: USAID’s Demise Threatens Clean Cooking Programs in Africa
A funding stoppage hurts efforts to phase out polluting home cookstoves and replace them with cleaner alternatives
CLEAN cooking campaigns have been largely successful in Asia and Latin America, but efforts in Africa have been unable to outpace population growth. Today, one billion Africans rely on highly polluting fuels to cook their meals. The continent would need an investment of US$4 billion (RM17.31 billion) annually to achieve universal access to clean cooking by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Photo courtesy of Karan Singh Rathore.
Source: The Malaysian Reserve (link opens in a new window)
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