topics-n: Clean cooking

  • ENERGIA partners in first global cooking campaign: Clean Cooking Is..

    ENERGIA partners in first global cooking campaign: Clean Cooking Is..

    November 5, 2019, ENERGIA is partnering in the first global cooking campaign; ‘Clean Cooking Is..’ The Campaign is launched by the Clean Cooking Alliance during the opening session of the Clean Cooking Forum 2019 in Nairobi. The campaign is created exclusively to drive greater awareness, engagement and support for clean cooking. The issue Still three…

  • Clean Cooking Forum 2019

    Clean Cooking Forum 2019

      From 5-7 November the clean cooking sector will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the Clean Cooking Forum 2019. Under the theme ‘Investment. Innovation. Impact.’ the sector is keen to find new- and scale proven solutions that make clean cooking accessible to the three billion people who currently live without it. The forum will be…

  • Climate Action Summit 2019 – Key takeaways from the Energy Transition Track: Clean Cooking, Energy and Health

    Climate Action Summit 2019 – Key takeaways from the Energy Transition Track: Clean Cooking, Energy and Health

      On 22 September 2019, during the Energy Transition Track: Clean Cooking, Energy and Health session, prior to the United Nations Climate Action Summit, government and private sector representatives, local authorities and members from international organizations met to discuss concrete actions towards a just energy transition in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to…

  • Putting clean cooking on the agenda

    Putting clean cooking on the agenda

    A Q&A with Rita Poppe, Hivos policy advisor green and inclusive energy   From September 23 to 29, the city of New York will host the annual climate week. Besides panel discussion, concerts and exhibitions, the Climate Action Summit of the UN Secretary-General will be organized. In the same week, the SDG Summit will also take place, bringing together…

  • Cigarettes can teach us a lesson when it comes to clean cooking

    Cigarettes can teach us a lesson when it comes to clean cooking

      By Thabit Mikidadi, From sexy and cool to a sign of bad choices and unhealthy habits; conversations around cigarette smoking are starting to shift thanks to decisive campaigns that have reduced its usage after many health-related complications were attributed to its use. The use of cigarettes has been declining worldwide especially in the west…

  • REPORT LAUNCH:  ‘Beyond fire: How to achieve electric cooking?’

    REPORT LAUNCH: ‘Beyond fire: How to achieve electric cooking?’

    The Hague, 27 May 2019. Cooking with renewable electricity is now cost-competitive with other cooking alternatives in most developing countries, concludes a new report called Beyond Fire: How to achieve electric cooking by Hivos and World Future Council. This is a significant improvement from three years ago when the two organizations studied this for the…

  • Ensuring the inclusion of clean cooking in the SDG Indicator Framework

    Ensuring the inclusion of clean cooking in the SDG Indicator Framework

    We are happy to announce that in collaboration with partners and based on extensive consideration, ENERGIA and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Alliance) have made indicator recommendations under Social Development Goals 3 (on health), 5 (on gender and woman’s empowerment), and 7 (on energy access). Our inputs have helped shape the current draft indicator…

  • Gender, Energy and Clean Cooking Solutions on the agenda at SE4ALL 3rd Annual Workshop

    Gender, Energy and Clean Cooking Solutions on the agenda at SE4ALL 3rd Annual Workshop

    On Thursday, February 11, the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG), in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA) and the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), organized an event that focused on Gender, Energy…

  • Getting Cooking Energy Right in the Post-2015 Indicators

    Getting Cooking Energy Right in the Post-2015 Indicators

    August 8, 2015 Access to sustainable, safe energy has been left out of previous international development agendas and ENERGIA and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Alliance) are committed to helping reverse this trend. The lack of access to clean and efficient cooking solutions has significant impacts on health, economic, and social well-being, gender equality, and the…

  • Getting Cooking Energy Right in the Post-2015 Indicators

    Getting Cooking Energy Right in the Post-2015 Indicators

    August 8, 2015 Access to sustainable, safe energy has been left out of previous international development agendas and ENERGIA and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Alliance) are committed to helping reverse this trend. The lack of access to clean and efficient cooking solutions has significant impacts on health, economic, and social well-being, gender equality, and the…

  • Making a difference by producing charcoal briquettes

    Making a difference by producing charcoal briquettes

    The SE4ALL Forum  in New York City this week has been full of inspiring and enlightening conversation. From motivating speeches to policy discussions, those gathered have been focused on developing methods for delivering more sustainable energy to a greater number of people around the world. Among those gathered who are already hard at work on…