The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) new report – A Vision for Clean Cooking Access for All 2023 – said that households without clean cooking access spend hours each day gathering biomass, preparing fires and cooking. “Progress on providing clean cooking access has been mixed across the 128 countries that currently do not have universal access, with some regions making great strides,” the report says. “In sub-Saharan Africa, LPG demand grows by three-fold, requiring an expansion of distribution services, canisters and fuelling depots,” it reads. “The push to reach universal access to clean cooking could employ nearly 1.5 million people in stove production and sales, fuel delivery, and supporting clean cooking campaigns. “Other interventions include the incorporation of clean cooking into countries’ electrification programs, and the provision of technical assistance to ministries of energy and industry bodies.”Read the full report: A Vision for Clean Cooking Access for All.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 26, 2023 13:23 UTC