Global push for clean cooking under fire from coronavirus slowdown
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Efforts to reduce reliance on wood and dung fires for cooking and get cleaner, climate-friendly alternatives into use are likely to face serious disruption as a result of economic woes related to the coronavirus pandemic, researchers said last week. An April global survey of more than 100 clean cookstove manufacturers, distributors […]
Dirty fuels kill millions as investment in clean cooking runs short
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Meagre investment is hindering countries’ ability to meet a global target to ensure universal access to clean, modern cooking fuel by 2030 and end the millions of deaths caused by indoor pollution every year, say clean energy experts. Three billion people globally cook with dirty solid fuels such as charcoal and […]