Policy Brief: Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST)
Which cooking fuels and stoves are most beneficial to global health
Overview
A systematic review of the evidence has demonstrated the key role of clean household energy in improving global health, reaffirming the importance of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, to achieve worldwide access to affordable, modern and clean energy by 2030.
An analysis of 50 household air pollution exposure studies, conducted in real life cooking conditions, found that reductions in kitchen and personal exposure levels to PM2.5 and CO were greater for clean fuel interventions (ethanol, LPG, electricity) than improved biomass stoves. While most interventions achieved CO levels at or below the WHO interim target 1 for CO, only clean fuel interventions came close to achieving the WHO interim target 1 for PM2.5.
This brief was jointly created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Energy, Air Pollution and Population Health (EAPH) Research Group at the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool.
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