Can the IEA’s new initiative deliver clean cooking for Africa?

Can the IEA’s new initiative deliver clean cooking for Africa?

On 14 May 2024, the International Energy Agency hosted a high level Summit on Clean Cooking for Africa. This was potentially the most influential meeting ever held on a negelcted topic that is nevertheless vital for health, development, climate, gender equality, and the nevironment, for almost 1 billion of the world’s poorest people. Read here what was discussed, the concrete actions decided upon, and commentary on whether this initiative is likely to succeed in catalysing clean cooking energy across Africa by 2030.

Creating healthy school kitchens in Africa: a new documentary film

Creating healthy school kitchens in Africa: a new documentary film

This new documentary film produced by the CLEAN-Air (Africa) research team at the University of Liverpool tells the story of this major health and environmental challenge  through the accounts of cooks, students, the head teachers of two schools, and those leading an exciting new initiative aiming to convert school kitchens from use to wood fuel to clean fuels such as LPG right across East Africa.

New ‘State-of-the-Art’ air pollution laboratory opens at KEMRI, Nairobi

New ‘State-of-the-Art’ air pollution laboratory opens at KEMRI, Nairobi

Air pollution is a critical issue for health, climate and development globally, and especially so for Africa. To date, facilities for accurate measurement of air pollution in Africa have been limited. This is now set to change with the opening of a new ‘State-of-the-Art’ air pollution laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), in Nairobi.