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Involved in a local alliance for cookstoves and fuels in your country or region? Want to hear from others about their experiences and challenges? Join representatives from the Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, the Clean Cooking Association of Kenya, the Uganda National Alliance on Clean Cooking, and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves during this […]

How do we scale up access to fuels, incorporating sustainability and gender considerations across the value chain, while also creating synergies with the appropriate technologies? “Sustainable” scale up means strengthening each part of the fuel value chain – production, distribution, retail, and use – but also thinking about the most appropriate technology to maximize its […]

A sustainable, thriving market for clean cookstoves and fuels requires effective performance from market actors in the private and public sectors. Market systems approaches seek to address the causes of poor performance and stimulate changes in the rules, relationships, barriers and incentives that affect how public and private actors behave. Panelists will discuss their experiences […]

There are now more than 59.5 million refugees and internally displaced people worldwide, and another 97 million that have been affected by natural disasters. Most of these individuals rely on three-stone fires and traditional fuels — wood, coal, animal dung, and agricultural waste — for cooking. On average they walk more than 5 hours to […]

Smoke from the use of solid fuels for cooking is a major contributor to ambient air pollution in many parts of the world. This session highlights how reducing household air pollution (HAP) can improve ambient air quality. Examples from Asia will be presented. Speakers: Cao Junji, Director of Institute and Earth Environment, China Academy of […]

The health and climate co-benefits of clean cooking are an important field of study in cookstove research. This session highlights how evidence on the health and climate impacts of short-lived climate pollutants is being used to inform new black carbon standards and create a global advocacy plan. Target audience includes researchers, donors, investors, and cookstove […]

Laboratory and field testing is necessary to evaluate, communicate, and improve performance and quality of cookstoves and fuels, and thus improve adoptions. The latest stove and fuel testing methods and results will be presented along with a discussion of how laboratory testing compares across different organizations, methods, stove types, fuel types, and geographies. This discussion […]

Achieving substantial health, social, and economic benefits through clean cooking requires behavior change on a large scale. The clean cooking sector is not alone in tackling behavior change challenges and can benefit from lessons learned in other sectors. Panelists will present examples of behavior change interventions in the WASH, HIV/AIDs, and solar lighting sectors in […]

East Africa is a dynamic market for the clean cooking sector where some of the most innovative ideas are being tested by entrepreneurs, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders. This session will provide attendees with lessons, experiences and emerging opportunities that are transofrming the cookstove and fuel markets in East Africa. This session will include discussions […]