Energy poverty and cooking
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One aspect of energy poverty is lack of access to clean, modern fuels and technologies for cooking. As of 2020, more than 2.6 billion people in developing countries routinely cook with fuels such as w
traditional wood-fired 3-stone stove in Guatemala, which causes indoor air pollution
Traditional wood-burning stoves
Solar cookers are nonpolluting and free to use, but require favourable weather and longer cooking times.
Improved cook stoves, such as the ones shown here, burn biomass relatively efficiently but usually still emit toxic levels of pollutants.
Sustainable Development Goal 7 is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. It aims to "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and
Indoor woodfire stove in Nigeria, causing indoor air pollution
Solar panels in Réunion
Chief Joseph Dam for hydropower, Washington, USA
Wind turbines in Austria - one of the sources of clean renewable energy