Factsheet series: Clean Cooking

This knowledge product describes the Clean Cooking Initiative, which aims to promote sustainable cooking practices that significantly reduce emissions and improve public health. The document outlines the importance of transitioning from traditional biomass-based cooking methods, which rely on solid fuels like wood and charcoal, to cleaner alternatives such as electric, solar, and advanced biomass cookstoves. It highlights the global reliance on inefficient cooking methods, with approximately 3 billion people still using open fires, leading to substantial household air pollution, which is a major health risk.