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What does it take to accelerate progress towards universal access to clean cooking by 2030? This was the topic of a virtual event on Clean Cooking Fund Initiative: High-Level Dialogue on Accomplishments, Opportunities and Challenges on…
November 16 2020
![Soweto_Settement_Woman_Cooking_MarjorieAraya Woman cooking in a settlement in Soweto, South Africa](/sites/default/files/styles/news_list_image/public/esmap-files/images/Soweto_Settlement_WomanCooking_Marjorie-Araya_494x346.jpg?itok=AJKQ07YF)
The first phase of the study reviewed and assessed the existing methodologies, literature, pilot experience, and relevant measurement tools and metrics. The report also finds that there are synergies across respective co-benefit…
October 6 2020
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Loughborough University and the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) joined forces in leading a UK aid research project to find innovative, clean and modern alternatives to biomass fuels, such as charcoal and…
April 5 2019
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In Bangladesh, exposure to indoor air pollution from using traditional cookstoves results in nearly 107,000 deaths every year, mostly women and children. The country’s Improved Cookstoves Program is changing the lives of millions, and …
November 27 2018
![Improved Cook Stoves are improving health and quality of life especially for women and children by drastically reducing air pollution and costs. “My firewood usage has gone down so much. I used to buy firewood once in every two months, now I buy fuelwood once every five months. This has helped us save money.” -Ms. Shefali Ghosh from Savar Village on the outskirts of Dhaka Improved Cook Stoves are improving health and quality of life especially for women and children by drastically reducing air pollution and costs. “My firewood usage has gone down so much. I used to buy firewood once in every two months, now I buy fuelwood once every five months. This has helped us save money.” -Ms. Shefali Ghosh from Savar Village on the outskirts of Dhaka](/sites/default/files/styles/news_list_image/public/esmap-files/images/bangladesh-cookstoves-2.jpg?itok=lSqPCDK_)
The world is not on track to meet the global energy targets for 2030 set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, but real progress is being made in certain areas according to a new report from five international agencies.
May 2 2018
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