African Clean Cooking: Moving the Needle - Addressing Cooking Challenges in Africa
"Explore the pressing issue of traditional cooking methods in Africa, leading to health risks and environmental damage. Discover initiatives, challenges, and solutions for clean cooking practices to improve livelihoods and sustainability in the region."
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AFRICAN CLEAN COOKING: MOVING THE NEEDLE Douglas L. Faulkner, SAIS 79 Leatherstocking LLC 20 Aug 2024
2 8/20/2024 SAIS Silent Killers Hiding in Plain Sight Over 1/4 of humanity still cook with charcoal, wood, ag wastes or animal dung 128 countries in Global South Over 4 million premature deaths of women & kids/year
3 8/20/2024 SAIS Ecological & Economic Disasters Too Deforestation size of Ireland annually Soil erosion & reduced food production Loss of habitat for endangered species CO2 = emissions from planes & ships Almost trillion dollars in wasted time costs
4 8/20/2024 SAIS Africa: Global Epicenter Dirty cooking falling in Asia & Latin America Rising in Sub-Saharan Africa 1 billion Africans or roughly 4 out of every 5 rely on highly-polluting fuels in open fires or basic stoves 600 million lack access to electricity Population growth overwhelming clean cooking gains
5 8/20/2024 SAIS 2024: A Turning Point? Old Pessimism vs New Determination IEA Summit & Clean Cooking Declaration IEA s A Vision for Clean Cooking Access for All New global attention: G20 & COP East Africa hotspots for entrepreneurial green shoots
6 8/20/2024 SAIS Clean Cooking Pathways Competition for different customers/markets/countries More efficient stoves for dirty fuels Clean fuels & new stoves: nat gas; LPG; electricity; ethanol; biogas All options have trade-offs Private sector leadership key
7 8/20/2024 SAIS What s To Be Done? Focus on fundamentals: consumers & business Make products easy to use, cheap, safe & reliable Boost consumer education & job training Pursue prosperity thru investment/trade/growth Modernize African agro-business for food, feed & fuels
8 8/20/2024 SAIS Kenyan Success Story KOKO s unique model for clean ethanol cooking Cashless credit in small corner stores; IT solutions for fuel delivery & distribution networks; special stoves Now serving over 1 million households @ thousands of fuel ATMs across Kenyan cities Bio-economy eco-system growth (Giraffe Bioenergy)
9 8/20/2024 SAIS What is the Global Bio-Economy? Crops, trees and organic wastes into bio-refineries for bio- fuels/products/electricity Replacing fossil fuels in our daily lives Transport, chemical, ag & packaging sectors worldwide Key role for cleaner cooking in Global South too New markets for farmers, foresters & rural communities
10 8/20/2024 SAIS What s This Mean to You? New job opportunities: business, finance, NGOs & IOs Look to the long-term Global bio-economy dark horse role Helping to save and improve African lives Contact me: faulkner@leatherstockingllc.com
11 8/20/2024 SAIS Nordic Innovation & Sustainability The Swedish, Finnish & Norwegian Chambers of Commerce 5th Symposium Nordic Leadership in the Global Maritime Transition 25 September @ The Swedish Embassy Nordic companies & diplomatic corps, NGOs & USG Invitation only but tickets free
