CONVERSATION ON CLEAN COOKING SOLUTIONS.
Welcome to Lagos Portal Museum for the United Nations CLEAN COOKING SOLUTIONS. CLIMATE CHANGE And SUSTAINABILITY. It is a fact that indoor air pollution from cooking with solid fuels including wood, charcoal, coal, animal dung, and crop waste in open fires and traditional stoves is the fourth leading cause of death in the world, after heart and lung disease and respiratory infection. One would think it would be easy to appreciate the benefits of switching from traditional stoves that use kerosene, firewood or cow dung to clean cooking fuels and stoves. Women and young girls often walk for hours to gather firewood or buy other solid fuels and haul it all back home in time to cook a simple meal. However, accessibility of these fuels, lack of information of the adverse health and other impacts, affordability issues and the reach of low-emission cook stoves and cleaner fuels make the conversion…