Webinar: Fueling the Future: Clean Cooking Solutions for Nepal and Beyond

The second webinar in this series, "Fueling the Future: Clean Cooking Solutions for Nepal and Beyond," explored clean cooking as an essential component of Nepal’s energy transition, aiming to reduce reliance on traditional cooking practices that impact health, the environment, and economic well-being. Clean cooking solutions play a critical role in reducing household air pollution, lowering carbon emissions, and empowering rural communities by offering safer, more sustainable cooking methods. This session addressed Nepal’s journey toward cleaner cooking options, drawing comparisons with other countries’ experiences and highlighting lessons learned along the way.
Panelists examined challenges to scaling these solutions, from funding and policy limitations to cultural barriers, while discussing strategies to overcome these obstacles through community engagement, innovation, and supportive policy frameworks. The session also looked at the critical role of government and international organizations in providing the technical, financial, and infrastructural support necessary to promote clean cooking on a large scale.