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3. Ensuring universal access to energy

Universal access to clean cooking

Ensures that everyone has access to safe, efficient, and non-polluting cooking solutions, such as electric stoves, LPG, biogas, or improved biomass cookstoves. This reduces reliance on traditional open fires or inefficient stoves that produce harmful smoke.

How this solution relates to the action agenda

Axis: Transitioning Energy, Industry, Transport

Key Objective: 3. Ensuring universal access to energy

Why it matters

Switching to clean cooking with modern stoves and fuels transforms lives by improving health, protecting the climate and environment, empowering women, and saving households time and money, while preventing millions of deaths from household air pollution.

Source: UNEP – Cooking Smoke Kills Millions Every Year

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