The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič, announced that Team Europe would be contributing €400 million to support the practice of ‘clean cooking’ in Africa while attending the International Energy Agency (IEA) Summit dedicated to this topic on Tuesday 14 May in Paris.
2.3 billion people, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, still rely heavily on firewood, charcoal or agricultural residues for cooking, which has repercussions for their health, the...