Togo

Togo’s clean cooking industry faces significant challenges, with less than 7% of households using clean cooking solutions, while over 90% continue to rely on traditional biomass fuels such as wood and charcoal(SEforALL). This heavy dependence contributes to serious indoor air pollution and widespread deforestation. Access to clean cooking options is limited across both urban and rural areas, with urban centers struggling due to high costs and insufficient LPG distribution infrastructure.

Among the clean cooking solutions available, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is the most widely promoted alternative, as it offers substantial reductions in CO₂ emissions and indoor pollutants and is practical given Togo’s current infrastructure. Some use of electric cooking appliances exists, but limited electricity access and reliability hinder widespread adoption. Improved biomass stoves and carbon credit-funded programs also contribute, promoting more efficient fuel use and subsidizing cleaner technologies.

The Togolese government, under President Faure Gnassingbé, prioritizes four key clean cooking solutions: LPG, electric cooking, improved stoves, and carbon credit projects. Efforts focus on fostering public-private partnerships, providing direct subsidies to vulnerable populations, and stabilizing LPG prices to improve affordability. International support plays a crucial role, illustrated by investments such as the International Finance Corporation’s €16.2 million funding for LPG kit distribution, which aims to expand LPG infrastructure and accessibility(CCA). Regionally, Togo actively participates in initiatives like the West Africa Clean Cooking Alliance (WACCA), collaborating with ECREEE and ECOWAS to scale up cleaner fuels and efficient stoves. Furthermore, clean cooking is integrated into Togo’s national energy and climate strategies, including Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the country’s Climate Roadmap, demonstrating strong institutional commitment to significantly expanding clean cooking access by 2030. Although adoption remains low, growing momentum driven by government leadership, international investment, and regional cooperation is helping to transition households away from biomass toward LPG and other modern, cleaner cooking solutions, aiming to improve health, protect the environment, and foster economic development.

Clean Cooking and Electricity Access in Togo

Created from: World Development Indicators | DataBank

Nationally Determined Contributions

Togo’s updated NDC (2021) outlines ambitious clean cooking targets as part of its broader climate goals, aiming to reduce GHG emissions by 20.51% unconditionally and 30.06% with international support by 2030, with the energy sector contributing significantly.

The country plans to increase improved stove usage from 40% (2020) to 80% by 2030, expand biogas adoption to 12% urban and 15% rural, promote briquette use to 15% urban and 10% rural, and grow LPG use to 35% urban and 8% rural by 2030. These efforts are aligned with Togo’s National Plan to Reduce Air Pollutants and SLCPs, which targets a 34% reduction in black carbon and 37% in PM₂.₅ by 2030, with even greater reductions by 2040.

The estimated cost of implementing the full NDC, including clean cooking measures, is about USD 5.48 billion, to be supported through climate finance, public-private partnerships, and mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Overall, Togo presents one of the most detailed and multi-fuel clean cooking strategies in West Africa, integrating improved biomass stoves, biogas, briquettes, and LPG into both climate mitigation and public health agendas.

Tax and Tariff Data

This table shows Togolese Duty and VAT for clean cooking items, as of 2025:

SOURCES:

• Total Credits Issued: 140,738
• Total Credits Retired: 0
• Number of Projects: 5 (2 GS + 3 VCS)
• Number of Project Developers: 5