1. Embedding cooking energy in the development process

2. Key messages
Traditional cooking practices kill 1.5 million people a year and have major socio-economic and environmental impacts.
Progress towards greater access to cleaner cooking energy has been insignifcant and will not change under a business-as-usual scenario in the near future.
Investing in cleaner cooking fuels and technologies pays off from a societal point of view.
There is a huge data and knowledge deficit! Research is required to strengthen evidence-based action/policy.

3. GLOBAL/NATIONAL Data collection and monitoring
Inclusion of cooking energy-related questions (e.g. fuel use, stove use, expenditure, fuel collection) in national surveys (e.g. LSMS, national statistics)
Additional household-level data collection at country/programme/project level (e.g. project monitoring)
Modelling cooking energy scenarios
Cooking energy modelling (e.g. impact of price fluctuations)
Urbanisation as a threat and an opportunity
Climate relevance: contribution of traditional cooking energy and opportunities for mitigation
Embedded in ongoing energy modelling (e.g. IEA, WEA)
Economic analysis
Impact evaluation (for better data and assumptions)
Cost-benefit analysis and other economic tools

4. NATIONAL/LOCAL Multisectoral Policies/Collaboration
Pro-poor vs. market approach (low hanging fruits)
Multi-sectoral policy processes
Institutional analysis (what resonates with different policy-makers?)
Financing mechanisms
Subsidy (general, targeted)
Microcredit
Resource economics: sustainable production & commercialisation
LPG/kerosene
Charcoal
Biomass (e.g. wood, biomass pellets)
Household-level decision-making
Gender-specific and culture-specific power factors
Adoption factors: cash vs other drivers (e.g. knowledge, prestige, time savings)
Willingness to pay