Louis De Muylder
Head, Bboxx Cook
Louis De Muylder is the Head of Bboxx Cook, the clean cooking product line of Bboxx Ltd. Louis holds a master in Business Management from the Cass Business School, University City of London. Louis witnessed the devastation caused by illegal charcoal production while working for and in the Virunga National Park. This experience founded his determination to scale a better alternative. Louis started Bboxx Cook three years ago in DRC and is currently overseeing clean cooking operations across markets. He is leading a rapid geographical and product expansion to make Bboxx Cook one of the most innovative LPG marketers in Africa.
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Louis De Muylder
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Louis De Muylder
4:55 pm-5:55 pm
Breakout Room A
LPG for Clean Cooking: Pursuing a Just Transition and Climate Gains
Developing countries bear the least responsibility for climate change and yet they are disproportionately impacted. As the world works to set itself on a path to Net Zero emissions by 2050, many stakeholders treat any expansion of fossil fuel use as a no-go in all contexts. This stance is at odds with development goals like SDG 7, universal energy access, and the goals of a Just Transition. When it comes to delivering clean cooking to the 2.4 billion people who lack it, LPG represents an affordable, feasible, and quickly scalable solutions. What’s more, providing LPG for cooking is in fact a climate win when transitioning households away from solid and polluting fuels.
This session will highlight recent research findings that show that transitioning households to LPG from polluting fuels for cooking produce net-positive climate impacts. Meanwhile, innovative business models are making clean cooking solutions more affordable and accessible than ever before. A vibrant market, paired with supportive policies from governments, and adequate financing are needed to set the world on a path to limit global temperate rise to 1.5°C.
Speakers
Sheila Addo
Director for Policy Coordination, National Petroleum Authority
Rob Bailis
Senior Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Anibor Kragha
Executive Secretary, African Refiners & Distributors Association
Elizabeth Muchiri
Director, East Africa, Global LPG Partnership
Louis De Muylder
Head, Bboxx Cook
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Louis De Muylder
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Louis De Muylder
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Louis De Muylder
Sessions by Louis De Muylder
Sessions by Louis De Muylder
4:55 pm-5:55 pm
Breakout Room A
LPG for Clean Cooking: Pursuing a Just Transition and Climate Gains
Developing countries bear the least responsibility for climate change and yet they are disproportionately impacted. As the world works to set itself on a path to Net Zero emissions by 2050, many stakeholders treat any expansion of fossil fuel use as a no-go in all contexts. This stance is at odds with development goals like SDG 7, universal energy access, and the goals of a Just Transition. When it comes to delivering clean cooking to the 2.4 billion people who lack it, LPG represents an affordable, feasible, and quickly scalable solutions. What’s more, providing LPG for cooking is in fact a climate win when transitioning households away from solid and polluting fuels.
This session will highlight recent research findings that show that transitioning households to LPG from polluting fuels for cooking produce net-positive climate impacts. Meanwhile, innovative business models are making clean cooking solutions more affordable and accessible than ever before. A vibrant market, paired with supportive policies from governments, and adequate financing are needed to set the world on a path to limit global temperate rise to 1.5°C.
Speakers
Sheila Addo
Director for Policy Coordination, National Petroleum Authority
Rob Bailis
Senior Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Anibor Kragha
Executive Secretary, African Refiners & Distributors Association
Elizabeth Muchiri
Director, East Africa, Global LPG Partnership
Louis De Muylder
Head, Bboxx Cook