The Kenyan Cooking Sector: Opportunities for Climate Action and Sustainable Development
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Abstract: Kenya's residential cooking sector is at crossroads. On the one hand,rapid population growth and swift urbanisation are likely to drive emissions up in the coming years. On the other hand,clean technologies are emerging,and many actors and initiatives are working on bringing the sector onto a low-carbon development pathway. Even though Kenya has made significant progress over the past decades,solid biomass is still the primary cooking fuel used in the country. Over 90% of the rural population and around 75% of all Kenyan households still cook with wood or charcoal. Only about 20% of all households use liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as their primary cooking fuel. The number of electric cookstoves is extremely low,with around 3% of all households owning an electric appliance.