Clean cooking

Abstract

Clean cooking refers to all the methods (low-to-zero emissions) by which people cook their food. Any cookstove (hot plate) can be referred to as “clean” if they run on electricity, solar, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas, ethanol, and advanced biomass cookstoves [2]. They are dependent on solid fuels, including biomass, wood stock, kerosene and charcoal to prepare their meals. Sustainable clean cooking means transitioning to a future where cooking needs are met in a way that is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. Furthermore, switching to clean cooking from traditional biomass-based cooking would improve public health and reduce air pollution.