Clean cooking...an effective tool for reducing emissions and limiting climate change

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/01/04

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arabia Weather - <strong>“Clean cooking”</strong> programs and initiatives contribute effectively to reducing carbon emissions, improving air quality, and reducing the effects of climate change by promoting the use of clean cooking methods such as gas, electricity, and renewable energy sources.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A discussion session at the Conference of the Parties (COP28) emphasized this vital role, and reviewed the challenges and innovative technologies to promote the shift towards cleaner cooking methods.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The session indicated that 2.2 billion people around the world suffer from difficulties in accessing clean cooking solutions, which makes them rely on traditional preparation methods such as wood, charcoal, and animal dung, which negatively affect human health and the environment.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the context of the world&#39;s current focus on developing clean cooking technologies, incentive initiatives are emerging to support improved cooking stoves and solar cooking solutions, which offer promising alternatives to remote communities. The panel discussed the crucial role that renewable energy sources play in achieving a just and sustainable transition towards clean cooking, stressing that This transformation is not limited to changing energy sources only, but also includes empowering communities, maintaining health and protecting the environment. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%87%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%8A%D9%81..%20%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A9%20%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%20%D9%85%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%8A%20-%20%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%B3%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8.jpg" style="width: 480px; height: 600px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The necessity of clean cooking: improving health and the environment and achieving sustainable development</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The session stressed the importance of clean cooking for human health, preserving the environment and achieving sustainable development. According to the World Health Organization, household air pollution resulting from the use of solid fuels is the main cause of environmental death, as it causes 3.8 million deaths annually. Clean cooking contributes to reducing gas emissions and improving Air quality.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Engineer Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the TDFD Association, stressed that the company is working to enhance access to clean cooking fuel at affordable prices with the aim of improving the lives of millions of people, who often suffer from the effects of traditional cooking.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the World Bank, about three billion people in the world depend on traditional and inefficient stoves for cooking and heating, which use firewood, charcoal, charcoal, animal manure or crop residues.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The health, environmental and economic losses as a result of the continued use of solid fuels are huge, estimated at about $123 billion annually, and the emissions caused by burning firewood reach one gigaton of carbon dioxide annually, which represents between 1.9 and 2.3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. the world.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Read also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A8-%D9%85... important compound that does not come to mind in cigarette butts.. What is it?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AD-... to avoid the dangers of the heater when using it in the winter</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.skynewsarabia.com/business/1676039-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%87%...

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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