When indoor air pollution makes the news in western countries, it often feels like a local issue. One week it focuses on wood ...

Matthew Shupler is also a researcher in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems at the University of Liverpool. This research was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care ...

World leaders are gathering in Paris today to tackle one of the world’s biggest silent killers: dirty cooking fuels. In Africa, where four in five people cook over open fires and basic stoves, it is ...

A large study in China finds that childhood exposure to indoor cooking smoke is associated with poorer thinking skills ...

Every person needs food to sustain their lives. The vast majority of staple foods – about 95% – need cooking before they can be eaten, and most people cook at least 2-3 times per day. Clean cooking ...

Commonly used unclean cooking fuels like charcoal and kerosene continue to pose serious health risks to millions of people globally despite advancements in cooking technologies. According to the World ...

The government has commended the private sector’s role in supporting the initiative to transition from wood fuels to clean ...

Participants at a global conference on how to reduce the world’s energy use are calling for universal access to clean cooking through government incentives and subsidies to unlock more private sector ...

Green hydrogen, biogas, and bioethanol are potential alternatives to natural gas, but their commercial viability and safety need further assessment. Critics argue that green hydrogen is inefficient ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...