Clean Cooking Alliance

Clean Cooking Alliance
Formation21 September 2010 (2010-09-21)
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Chief Executive Officer
Dymphna van der Lans[1]
Parent organization
United Nations Foundation

The Clean Cooking Alliance, formerly the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves,[2] is a non-profit organization[3] operating with the support of the United Nations Foundation[4] to promote clean cooking technologies in lower and middle-income countries. Four million people a year die from health problems attributable to household air pollution from the use of polluting open fires and inefficient fuels for cooking.[5][3] The Alliance was announced in 2010 by then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.[6] Dymphna previously worked as CEO for the Clinton Climate Initiative organization.

They also provide grants for research and initiatives that support the aims of the Alliance,[7] advocate for international standards for stove manufacturers,[8] and coordinate research and knowledge of the issues surrounding the use of clean cookstoves.[9]

Endorsements

Celebrities and musical artists have advocated around the issue. They include Julia Roberts, chef Jose Andres,[10] Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana Samira Bawumia,[11] Indian chef Sanjeev Kapoor,[12] China's Zhao Wei,[13] and Ghana's Rocky Dawuni.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Our Team". Clean Cooking Alliance. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  2. ^ GmbH, finanzen.net (2018-10-30). "Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is Now the Clean Cooking Alliance". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  3. ^ a b "Why cooking causes 4m premature deaths a year". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ "Clean Cooking Alliance : Our Work". Clean Cooking Alliance. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Household air pollution". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011.
  6. ^ "Secretary Clinton Announces the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves at the Clinton Global Initiative". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  7. ^ "Clean Cooking Alliance : Resource Mobilization". Clean Cooking Alliance. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves : Promote International Standards". Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.
  9. ^ "Clean Cooking Alliance".
  10. ^ "Jose Andres Named Culinary Ambassador Of The Global Clean Cookstove Alliance - Blog - View - News - Jose Andres". www.joseandres.com. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  11. ^ "Samira Bawumia named ambassador of Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves". www.ghanaweb.com. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  12. ^ "Cooking With Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor | Rocky Dawuni". Rocky Dawuni. 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  13. ^ "China's Zhao Wei Joins Alliance as Newest Ambassador". Clean Cooking Alliance. 18 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Names Rocky Dawuni as Ambassador!". Clean Cooking Alliance. September 26, 2012.