The issue of indigenous cook-stoves is problematic on a multitude of levels. There are three main elements that are affected: the environment, health of the exposed, and child fuel gatherers. The many problems associated with native cooking practices have been outlined globally and in the public eye. But the real question remains: How do we adhere to this growing problem?
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is an initiative being led by the United Nations Foundation as a solution this problem. The mission statement of the organization is to: “save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household and cooking solutions”.
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| The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Mission Statement |
The Alliance’s “100 by 20” goal calls for 100 million homes to adopt clean and efficient stoves and fuels by 2020. The Alliance is working in collaboration with private and non-profit partners to help overcome the market barriers that currently impede the production, deployment, and use of clean cook-stoves in the developing world.
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| Woman in rural India cooking on a clean and efficient cookstove |
Gretchen Goetz of Food Safety News has brought the durability of the stoves into question. In Goetz’s article she notes: “Many new stove technologies are being developed, but if they require maintenance, they will not be a sustainable solution for people who cannot afford it. In Kenya, stoves are $2.50 to buy and get installed, but if they have to do that again every 6 months, it's prohibitively expensive.” Stove durability is one of the issues the Global Alliance is currently focusing on. The Center for Disease Control is testing new stove technologies for the Global Alliance to ensure that they reduce disease-related particle emissions before they are put into place.
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