Wednesday
April 29
2026

Iran War Cuts LPG Flows as Charcoal Demand Spikes in Africa and India

The Iran war has driven cooking-fuel costs beyond the reach of low-income households across Africa and South Asia, with the switch back to charcoal and firewood threatening a decade of clean-cooking progress that had been lifting 13 million Africans a year off biomass fuel.

Photo courtesy of Cooking.

Source: WoodCentral (link opens in a new window)

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clean cooking, climate health, energy access, forests, international trade, research, supply chains