Women in particular stand to gain by cutting the time spent gathering fuel and cooking and avoiding household air pollution. (iea.org)
Today ClimateCare CEO Edward Hanrahan joined participants representing governments, the UN, World Bank, other Development and investment banks, private sector and NGOs to make commitments that could help grow the clean cooking sector, with the aim of preventing the 4 million deaths that occur every year from household air pollution caused by smoke from the use of open fires and traditional cookstoves. (climatecare.org)
This fuel switch reflects a growing awareness of the harmful effects of household air pollution related to cooking, increased policy efforts to boost the uptake of LPG and natural gas and rising urbanisation, which makes it easier to access clean cooking fuels. (iea.org)