Clean Cooking Forum
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- Published: Friday, 21 May 2021 14:08
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INTRODUCTION
More than 85 % of the population in Tanzania approximately 48 million people lack access to clean cooking solutions, costing trillions of shillings a year in damage to health, the climate, and local economies.
Changing the way families cook their food, by using clean energy and efficient appliances will help reduce deforestation, drive gender equality, reduce poverty, provide enormous health benefits and slow climate change. Providing clean cooking solutions to households, institutions and SMEs is crucial to achieving national energy targets, global climate and sustainable development goals.
Accelerating progress towards inclusive access, large scale adoption and sustained use of clean cooking solutions in Tanzania need to be a top political, economic, and environmental priority going hand in hand with inclusive policies and programmes. The process requires efforts, collaboration and coordination to achieve the national sustainable energy for all (SE4ALL)targetof more than 75% of the population accessing clean cooking solutions in Tanzania by 2030.