CLEAN COOKING

The document provides a detailed analysis of energy access and efficiency across high-impact countries, highlighting a significant gap between urban and rural electrification and the critical role of enabling policy frameworks. It reports that 3.04 billion people lacked clean cooking access in 2014 and 1.06 billion lacked electricity. While some countries like India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda show strong policy support for energy access, Sub-Saharan Africa remains the least electrified region with underdeveloped policy environments. The report also examines energy efficiency and renewable energy, noting that while renewable energy targets are nearly universal, energy efficiency mandates often lag, particularly in developing nations.

• In 2014, 3.04 billion people lacked access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, with approximately 85 percent of this population residing in 20 high-impact countries.
• Global electricity access showed minimal improvement between 2012 and 2014, with 1.06 billion people lacking access in 2014 compared to 1.1 billion in 2012.
• There is a stark divide between urban and rural electricity access; as of 2014, the urban access rate was 96.3 percent, while the rural rate was 73.0 percent.
• Sub-Saharan Africa is the least electrified region, with over 600 million people without electricity in 2014 and some of the least developed policy environments to support access.
• Only five high-impact countries—Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda—provide widespread policy support for energy access.
• Global primary energy intensity improved by 2.1 percent annually from 2012-14, which is below the SEforALL objective of a 2.6 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for 2010-30.
• Renewable energy targets are nearly universal, with 93 percent of countries covered by Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) having some form of public commitment.
• China has invested more in renewable energy than any other country, with $377 billion invested between 2010 and 2015 for solar, wind, geothermal, small hydropower, and biomass.
• Reaching universal energy access at tier 5 (full grid power, all day, every day) by 2030 would require an annual investment of approximately $50 billion, a five-fold increase from current levels.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2017). CLEAN COOKING. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2019-04/Heatmaps.pdf

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. CLEAN COOKING. 2017. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2019-04/Heatmaps.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2017clean, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{CLEAN COOKING}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2019-04/Heatmaps.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }