Polluting, open fires and inefficient stoves cause many harmful impacts that impede economic and social development in developing countries.
Cleaner, more modern stoves and fuels have the potential to reduce deaths from smoke-related illnesses, mitigate climate change, and lower air pollution.
They also can provide new sources of livelihoods for women — while reducing the risk and drudgery of fuel collection — and can lower household expenditures on cooking fuel. The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) supports the development, sale, distribution, and consistent use of clean cooking solutions that transform lives.
Exposure to household air pollution from cooking is a leading risk factor for many diseases.
Cooking over open fires or inefficient stoves releases harmful, climate-warming emissions like soot.
Every day millions of women and girls breathe in harmful smoke while cooking and spend hours walking to secure cooking fuel.
Of the millions of people in need of humanitarian assistance, almost all lack access to clean cooking solutions.
Thanks to innovative technologies and business models, clean cooking can be a source of income and jobs.
