No time to waste: Pathways to deliver clean cooking for all

This policy brief represents UNDP’s commitment to elevate its response to inequities in clean cooking access that globally take a toll on lives and livelihoods, among women and girls most of all.

UNDP works on energy and climate action not in isolation but as central to sustainable development. Without universal access to clean cooking, the promise of sustainable development will remain out of reach. UNDP stands uniquely positioned to address this challenge, leveraging its role as a global integrator of development issues. With leading expertise on climate action, sustainable energy and finance, coupled with an expansive global presence and deep-rooted relationships with communities and policymakers alike, UNDP is driving the clean cooking agenda forward.

Aimed at policymakers, development practitioners and the private sector, this policy brief aims to: 

1. Offer policy recommendations on pathways to scaling up clean cooking solutions and technologies in developing countries. 
2. Present actionable policy and programming areas to advance clean cooking alongside climate and development goals, to ensure equity, social justice, health, and the well-being of people and the planet. 
3. Break down development silos and identify opportunities to enhance partnerships and boost financing for clean cooking in the context of climate, energy and other development sectors, by leveraging resources and expertise across multiple thematic and nexus areas. 
4. Inform current and future UNDP programming on clean cooking.