Clean Cookstoves
Cookstoves that use biomass and open fires are the primary means of cooking and heating for more than three billion people worldwide. Unfortunately, the use of cookstoves can be harmful to human health and negatively impact the physical environment. Cookstoves affect primarily women and children, and they are attributed to two million premature deaths each year. Cookstoves also strain the surrounding environment and natural resources, and they contribute to climate change. Cleaner and more efficient stoves are available and have the potential to improve livelihoods and meet clean energy goals. From this page, users can explore options for cleaner, more efficient cookstoves; create a thriving market for these products; and develop policies that eliminate barriers to distributing this simple, efficient technology.
Resources CESC
Publication
A Cross-Sectional Review: Impacts and Sustainability of Small-Scale Renewable Energy Projects In Developing Countries
Sources:
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Date:
19 July 2014
Policy Data
Publication
A Rough Guide to Clean Cookstoves
Sources:
Differ
Date:
1 March 2012
Deployment Data
Accelerating Access to Energy
Sources:
Shell Foundation
Date:
1 December 2014
Deployment Data
Publication
Access to Clean Energy: A Glimpse of Off-Grid Projects in India
Sources:
Government of India
United Nations
Winrock International
Date:
1 October 2011
Publication
Accelerating the LPG Transition: Global Lessons from Innovative Business and Distribution Models
Sources:
The World LPG Association (WLPGA)
WLPGA
Date:
30 September 2015
Publication
Africa Clean Energy Corridor: Analysis of Infrastructure for Renewable Power in Eastern and Southern Africa
Sources:
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Date:
1 December 2015
Policy Data
Publication
Africa 2030: Roadmap for a Renewable Energy Future
Sources:
International Renewable Energy Agency
Date:
1 January 2015
Policy Data
Publication
Advancing Gender in the Environment: Making The Case For Women in the Energy Sector
Sources:
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Publication
Tools and Websites
Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Clean and Improved Cooking Solutions
Sources:
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Date:
1 January 2016
Tools and Websites
An Approach to Sustainable Development Based Energy and Climate Policy
Sources:
CPR Climate Initiative
Date:
27 August 2015
Publication
Tools and Websites
Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy (Website)
Sources:
Ashden
Publication
Assessing the Climate and Health Co-Benefits of Clean Cooking - Technical Workshop Meeting Report
Sources:
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Date:
17 July 2015
Deployment Data
Publication
Benin: Increased Access to Modern Energy Project
Sources:
The World Bank
Date:
1 May 2009
Publication
Behavior Change Approaches for Clean Cooking
Sources:
BEHAVIOR CHANGE APPROACHES FOR CLEAN COOKING
Date:
8 October 2015
Publication
Biofuels in Africa: Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges
Sources:
World Bank Group
Date:
1 December 2011
Publication
Bioenergy Policy Implementation in Africa: Conference Summary
Sources:
Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems
Date:
1 May 2009
Deployment Data
Publication
Bioenergy in Developing Countries: Experiences and Prospects
Sources:
International Food Policy Research Institute
Date:
1 January 2006
Deployment Data
Publication
Biomass Cookstoves Technical Meeting: Summary Report
Sources:
United States Department of Energy
Date:
1 May 2011