Nearly one out of every three people in the world eats meals prepared on cookstoves fueled by wood, charcoal, dung, or crop residues. 

Burning biofuels like these produces greenhouse gas emissions, about 2% of global annual emissions. Dirty cookstoves also release pollutants into the air that contribute to the death of some 4 million people each year from lung or heart disease. These pollutants are also dark in color, so they absorb sunlight and trap heat, worsening the global heating effect. 

Replacing these stoves with cleaner alternatives, such as solar-powered units, dramatically reduces greenhouse gas emissions. It also reduces the harmful pollutants produced by dirty cookstoves, reduces the deforestation caused by crops used as biofuels, and frees up time for the women and girls who currently spend a significant amount of their time gathering fuel, which may make it easier for them to go to school or work.

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• Energy poverty and cooking (Wikipedia)

• Clean Cooking (Project Drawdown)

• Clean Cooking Alliance

• If you rely on biofuels such as wood, charcoal, dung, or crop residues for cooking, ask leaders in your community to seek out and advocate for clean energy and clean cooking options.

• Encourage your government and the international community to support and fund initiatives that promote the expansion of renewable energy, including the adoption of clean cooking.

• If you cook on a gas stove, consider replacing it with an electric, induction or solar-powered stove.