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Universal Access to Clean Cooking in Africa
This report provides a pathway to achieve universal access to clean cooking across sub-Saharan Africa by 2040. According to the report, over 70% of people without access to clean cooking live in the region, and reaching universal access will require 80 million people to transition each year, almost seven times the current pace. The report finds that LPG is the most scalable and immediate solution, projected to deliver 61% of new clean cooking access by 2040.
Fuel for Thought: LPG
Lloyds Register (2024)
The report examines the potential implications of the widespread adoption of LPG as a fuel and its role in achieving a sustainable future. It concludes that “LPG delivers a low-carbon, low-emissions fuel today, and with the introduction of renewable LPG, low-cost deep decarbonisation into the future.”
LPG Roadmap for Africa
World Liquid Gas Association and S&P Global Commodity Insights (2024)
The report reviews the clean cooking fuels crisis in Africa, analyses the role of LPG as an abundant and immediate clean cooking fuel, and provides recommendations on how to increase access to LPG in sub-Saharan Africa. It states that “the IEA and the WLGA have identified LPG as a key solution to this crisis, offering a cleaner, more reliable, and affordable alternative.”
Scaling up gas and electric cooking in low- and middle-income countries: climate threat or mitigation strategy with co-benefits?
The study examines emissions reductions and climate impacts of global clean cooking transitions in LMICs from polluting fuels to LPG and electricity. It concludes that “a full transition to LPG will lead to drastic reductions in emissions of nearly all climate-forcing and health-damaging pollutants, and possibly contribute to a small reduction in global temperature relative to the BAU scenario.”
A Vision for Clean Cooking Access for All
The report provides data, insights, analysis and recommendations regarding clean cooking, with a particular emphasis on Africa. It concludes that “LPG remains the primary solution to deliver clean cooking access, representing nearly half of the households gaining access to 2030.”
