Clean cooking access may stall under slow post-pandemic recovery and ambitious climate mitigation without explicit focus

Without additional support policies, clean cooking could become unaffordable for about 470 million people by 2030 if a post-pandemic recovery is slow, and about 200 million people by 2030 under ambitious climate mitigation action. Acceleration of clean cooking transitions by tapping into pandemic re...

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Published inNature energy Vol. 6; no. 11; pp. 1009 - 1010
Main Authors Pachauri, Shonali, Poblete-Cazenave, Miguel, Aktas, Arda, Gidden, Matthew J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2021
Nature Publishing Group
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Air quality
Climate action
Climate change mitigation
Climate finance
Cooking
COVID-19
Economics and Management
Energy
Energy demand
Energy Policy
Energy Storage
Energy Systems
Financing
Funds
Pandemics
Policies
Policy Brief
Populations
Recovery
Renewable and Green Energy
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Summary:Without additional support policies, clean cooking could become unaffordable for about 470 million people by 2030 if a post-pandemic recovery is slow, and about 200 million people by 2030 under ambitious climate mitigation action. Acceleration of clean cooking transitions by tapping into pandemic recovery and climate funds to target the poorest people and regions globally is urgently needed. Recommendations for policy The world is off track with SDG7. A slow pandemic recovery and ambitious climate mitigation may slow down efforts to extend clean cooking access and make universal access by 2030 more challenging Populations in sub-Saharan Africa, developing Asia and Latin America (the regions with the biggest access gaps today) are most vulnerable to being unable to transition to clean cooking in the future There is an urgent need to prioritize commitments, investments and coordinated policies to make clean cooking more accessible and affordable in the poorest regions and for the poorest populations Transitioning away from solid biomass cooking can reduce growth in future cooking energy demand, with subsequent benefits for air quality, climate and health Pledges to COVID-19 recovery funds, international climate finance and the value of losses suffered by those lacking access all dwarf estimates of investment needs for universal clean cooking access
ISSN:2058-7546
2058-7546
DOI:10.1038/s41560-021-00939-x