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| | *Affirm that energy for [[:Category:Improved Cooking|cooking]] is essential for human wellbeing and that the nations of the world have committed to ensuring access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy for all by 2030 | | *Affirm that energy for [[:Category:Improved Cooking|cooking]] is essential for human wellbeing and that the nations of the world have committed to ensuring access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy for all by 2030 |
| − | *Recognise that [[Access_to_Modern_Energy|billions of people depend on wood and other biomass]] to cook their daily meals and that for many of them, particularly the rural poor, it will be the only fuel option available for decades to come | + | *Recognise that [[Access to Modern Energy|billions of people depend on wood and other biomass]] to cook their daily meals and that for many of them, particularly the rural poor, it will be the only fuel option available for decades to come |
| | *Note with great concern that across the world biomass continues to be burned inefficiently, in unvented and pollution-emitting devices that are globally responsible for four million avoidable deaths annually; for severe forest degradation in specific areas; and for the large-scale emission of greenhouse gases | | *Note with great concern that across the world biomass continues to be burned inefficiently, in unvented and pollution-emitting devices that are globally responsible for four million avoidable deaths annually; for severe forest degradation in specific areas; and for the large-scale emission of greenhouse gases |
| | *Emphasise that [[Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)|wood]] and other biomass, when managed and treated properly and burned in efficient devices, can provide a low-emission, affordable, readily available, sustainable energy source | | *Emphasise that [[Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)|wood]] and other biomass, when managed and treated properly and burned in efficient devices, can provide a low-emission, affordable, readily available, sustainable energy source |
| | *Underline that advances in biomass-burning devices, fuel processing, and distribution have demonstrated that biomass can be one of the cleanest energy options | | *Underline that advances in biomass-burning devices, fuel processing, and distribution have demonstrated that biomass can be one of the cleanest energy options |
| | *Confirm that a diversity of solutions, including [[Basics on Biomass|biomass]] options, is needed to satisfy the wide range of household energy needs and to achieve international goals on human health, environmental quality, climate change mitigation and energy justice | | *Confirm that a diversity of solutions, including [[Basics on Biomass|biomass]] options, is needed to satisfy the wide range of household energy needs and to achieve international goals on human health, environmental quality, climate change mitigation and energy justice |
| − | *Assert that improving biomass options for cooking and other household energy services can be an effective climate, energy and gender strategy that can immediately enhance families’ [[Access_to_modern_energy_and_the_impact_on_health|health and wellbeing]] – especially for women and children – and can help preserve the world’s vital storehouses of carbon and biodiversity | + | *Assert that improving biomass options for cooking and other household energy services can be an effective climate, energy and gender strategy that can immediately enhance families’ [[Access to modern energy and the impact on health|health and wellbeing]] – especially for women and children – and can help preserve the world’s vital storehouses of carbon and biodiversity |
| | *Acknowledge that families regularly make parallel use of multiple devices and fuels for different types of cooking practices and other tasks, which is an approach known as ‘[[From the 'Energy Ladder' to 'Fuel Stacking'|stacking]]’. Accordingly, we recommend holistic approaches to sustainable cooking that address all elements of the ‘stack’ | | *Acknowledge that families regularly make parallel use of multiple devices and fuels for different types of cooking practices and other tasks, which is an approach known as ‘[[From the 'Energy Ladder' to 'Fuel Stacking'|stacking]]’. Accordingly, we recommend holistic approaches to sustainable cooking that address all elements of the ‘stack’ |
| | *Call urgently for the provision of the large-scale [[:Portal:Financing and Funding|funding]] which is profoundly needed for the sustainable cooking sector and the expeditious fulfilment of existing funding pledges, which amount to hundreds of millions of dollars | | *Call urgently for the provision of the large-scale [[:Portal:Financing and Funding|funding]] which is profoundly needed for the sustainable cooking sector and the expeditious fulfilment of existing funding pledges, which amount to hundreds of millions of dollars |
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| | *Call for a clarification of the United Nations’ [[Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals|Sustainable Development Goal 7]] as it currently stands, to the effect that biomass and biomass-burning devices can meet the definition of clean fuels and stoves | | *Call for a clarification of the United Nations’ [[Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals|Sustainable Development Goal 7]] as it currently stands, to the effect that biomass and biomass-burning devices can meet the definition of clean fuels and stoves |
| | *Call for a sector-wide discussion to re-define sustainable energy indicators that are technology and fuel neutral and reflect true access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy for all | | *Call for a sector-wide discussion to re-define sustainable energy indicators that are technology and fuel neutral and reflect true access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy for all |
| − | *Commit to working towards universal access to sustainable energy for cooking and other household [[Estimating_energy_demand_of_the_energy_poor|needs]], and in so doing, we commit to building relationships with the full range of stakeholders, institutions, and disciplines necessary to achieve this goal | + | *Commit to working towards universal access to sustainable energy for cooking and other household [[Estimating energy demand of the energy poor|needs]], and in so doing, we commit to building relationships with the full range of stakeholders, institutions, and disciplines necessary to achieve this goal |
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| | <br/>The Pathways Conference Participants - leaving no one behind<ref name="http://www.pathways2cleancooking.info/">http://www.pathways2cleancooking.info/</ref> | | <br/>The Pathways Conference Participants - leaving no one behind<ref name="http://www.pathways2cleancooking.info/">http://www.pathways2cleancooking.info/</ref> |
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| − | = Further Information = | + | == Click here to find out who else has signed it == |
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| − | * | + | *http://www.pathways2cleancooking.info/ |
| − | [[File:Icon-cooking.png|right|60px|Icon-cooking.png|alt=Icon-cooking.png|link=https://energypedia.info/wiki/Portal:Improved_Cooking]][[:Portal:Improved_Cooking|Portal:Improved Cooking]]
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| + | = Further Information = |
| − | [[Publication - 2019 Tracking SDG7 - The Energy Progress Report|Publication - 2019 Tracking SDG7 - The Energy Progress Report]]
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| | + | *[[File:Icon-cooking.png|right|60px|Icon-cooking.png|alt=Icon-cooking.png|link=https://energypedia.info/wiki/Portal:Improved_Cooking]][[:Portal:Improved Cooking|Portal:Improved Cooking]] |
| | + | *[[Publication - 2019 Tracking SDG7 - The Energy Progress Report|Publication - 2019 Tracking SDG7 - The Energy Progress Report]] |
| | *[[Last Mile First: Maximizing the impacts of energy access across the SDGs|Last Mile First: Maximizing the impacts of energy access across the SDGs]] | | *[[Last Mile First: Maximizing the impacts of energy access across the SDGs|Last Mile First: Maximizing the impacts of energy access across the SDGs]] |
| | *[[Monitoring and reporting of SDG 7|Monitoring and reporting of SDG 7]] | | *[[Monitoring and reporting of SDG 7|Monitoring and reporting of SDG 7]] |
| | *[[Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals|Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals]] | | *[[Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals|Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals]] |
| | *[[Renewable Energy in the African Context|Renewable Energy in the African Context]] | | *[[Renewable Energy in the African Context|Renewable Energy in the African Context]] |
| − | *[[BLEENS_-_Biogas,_Liquefied_Petroleum_Gas,_Electricity,_Ethanol,_Natural_Gas,_and_Solar|BLEENS - Biogas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Electricity, Ethanol, Natural Gas, and Solar]] | + | *[[BLEENS - Biogas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Electricity, Ethanol, Natural Gas, and Solar|BLEENS - Biogas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Electricity, Ethanol, Natural Gas, and Solar]] |
| − | *[[From_the_'Energy_Ladder'_to_'Fuel_Stacking'|From the 'Energy Ladder' to 'Fuel Stacking']] | + | *[[From the 'Energy Ladder' to 'Fuel Stacking'|From the 'Energy Ladder' to 'Fuel Stacking']] |
| − | *[[Cooking_with_Woodfuels_(Firewood_and_Charcoal)|Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)]] | + | *[[Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)|Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)]] |
| − | *[[Estimating_energy_demand_of_the_energy_poor|Estimating energy demand of the energy poor]] | + | *[[Estimating energy demand of the energy poor|Estimating energy demand of the energy poor]] |
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