How does cooking affect the environment in Nigeria?
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, about 65% of all Nigerian households primarily use solid biomass for cooking, while only 17% use cleaner fuels such as LPG. In addition to the climate and deforestation impacts of cooking, household air pollution is the 5th largest risk factor for premature death in Nigeria.
How to transform Nigeria’s Vision for clean cooking into a national roadmap?
Transforming the vision into a national clean cooking roadmap will also require considering the role of different instruments such as: awareness-raising and behavioural change campaigns. Nigeria¡¯s vision for clean cooking is bold.
How can Nigeria achieve a fast transition to clean cooking?
In order to realise such a fast transition, there will need to be strong institutional leadership and alignment of strategies for different clean cooking value chains. About 65% of all Nigerian households continue to use solid biomass such as wood for cooking. Ambitious government plans to change this situation around exist.
Will Nigeria transition to kerosene based cooking?
Moreover, Nigeria¡¯s Energy Transition Plan foresees first a transition to LPG-based cooking, and over time, a longer-term transition to electricity-based cooking. The NDC¡¯s Maximum Ambition scenario assumes that just under half of the country¡¯s population shifts to LPG by 2030, and kerosene is fully phased out.