The strategic partnership will further embed clean cooking into
a range of sustainable development initiatives across the two
organizations.
PARIS, May 17, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- At the Summit on Clean Cooking in
Africa, World Resources Institute
(WRI) and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) announced a strategic
partnership to further embed clean cooking into a broad range of
sustainable development initiatives across the two organizations.
The partnership aims to improve lives among the 2.3 billion people
around the world who currently lack access to clean cooking —
including four out of five people in Africa who have no choice but to use wood,
charcoal, and other polluting fuels and traditional stoves or even
open fires, which not only pose risks to health but also the
environment. Clean cooking includes the use of modern stoves and
cleaner fuels that reduce exposure to toxic pollutants.
"Hopefully, these discussions and
partnerships like ours will inspire others to scale up clean
cooking approaches and secure the financing needed for meaningful
change." - CCA CEO Dymphna van der Lans
This partnership builds on a history of collaboration between
WRI and CCA, including incorporating clean cooking data from
Nepal and Kenya into the Energy Access Explorer, a
geospatial energy planning platform hosted by WRI. Going forward,
this clean cooking partnership will complement and strengthen work
in Kenya, Nepal, and other countries in sub-Saharan
Africa and Asia, supporting local
partners and governments to advance forest protection, landscape
restoration, and healthy cities, as well as enhancing global
initiatives on energy access, sustainable food systems, and youth
engagement.
Wanjira Mathai, WRI's Managing
Director for Africa and Global
Partnerships, said, "At WRI, we are always looking for practical,
locally led solutions to the climate crisis that work for people,
nature, and climate. This partnership with CCA enables us to work
collaboratively to tackle one of the biggest development challenges
ever. We are thrilled to combine efforts with CCA to embed clean
cooking solutions into our work across energy, cities, vital
landscapes, and food at WRI."
Through this partnership, WRI and CCA will develop research and
tools and organize events to integrate clean cooking solutions into
initiatives related to urban communities, nature-based solutions,
food systems, and youth engagement. By working together, both
organizations aim to create strategies to adopt clean cooking
practices to benefit those with the greatest need, while ensuring
that nature and ecosystems otherwise polluted by traditional
cooking practices are preserved and even restored.
Dymphna van der Lans, CCA's CEO, said, "By partnering with WRI,
we can embed clean cooking in ways that will help people and
ecosystems flourish. This type of cross-cutting and systemic
collaboration is essential for large-scale, long-term clean cooking
transitions, and I hope that our partnership will inspire others to
prioritize clean cooking and secure the financing need for
meaningful change."
Media Contact
Kip Patrick, Clean Cooking
Alliance, 2028879040, kpatrick@cleancooking.org,
https://cleancooking.org/
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