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More recently, the clean cooking agenda has also taken impe- tus from global commitments on clean energy. In the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Agenda, a clean cooking target was included in SDG 7 on access to affordable and clean energy. Figure 3 summarizes the many links between clean cook- ing and other SDGs, including on poverty reduction, hun- ger, health, gender equality and environmental protection. Clean cooking has been a recognized part of global cam- paigns for universal access to energy and has been the sub- ject of a range of recent high-profile initiatives, such as the Global Electric Cooking Coalition at COP28. A growing num- ber of countries have included household energy and clean cooking-related targets in their Nationally Determined Con- tributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement on climate change. 29 Multilateral development banks (MDBs) and devel- opment finance institutions (DFIs) are beginning to incorpo- rate clean cooking components into household electrification programs. Electricity companies such as utilities, mini-grid developers and solar home system companies are increasing- ly involved in the promotion of clean cooking in order to drive demand for their electricity supply services. Table 1 highlights a range of recent multi-stakeholder commitments to acceler- ate progress towards universal clean cooking access. Overall, interest in clean cooking has blossomed over the past decade. It has been the subject of a number of high- profile commitments and initiatives, summarized in Table 1.
In parallel, several platforms and networks have been estab- lished to take forward the agenda such as:
Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA): A global network of partners working to develop an inclusive clean cooking sector.
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL): An international or- ganization launched by the UN to accelerate action on SDG 7.
The World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and its Clean Cooking Fund .
Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS): A UK-funded re- search program.
Energising Development (EnDev): A strategic partnership initiative coordinated by the Dutch and German governments that supports access to modern energy.
Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA): Supports clean cooking companies across African frontier markets.
Through these, and many other initiatives, clean cooking is increasingly diverse and vibrant, stimulating hope that this increased action will accelerate progress and deliver results at scale in developing countries.
29 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2015) ‘Paris Agreement’, https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf
1. THE CLEAN COOKING AGENDA
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