Reimagining Household Cooking: A Critical Assessment of Improved Cookstoves Implementation for Sustainable Development

Abstract

Food is one of the most important components for the survival of humans. Women suffer the most impacts of the cooking harmful gases and particulate matters that are 2.5 microns (PM2.5) or less such as PM10. Improved cookstoves are used to reduce firewood consumption, lower the smoke released from the kitchen, help women improve their health, and conserve native trees in the area. Sustainably managed biomass, unlike the burning of fossil fuels, is considered carbon neutral since it does not contribute to the overall carbon emissions in the atmosphere. In 2015, the United Nation mentioned 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. This research aims to assess an improvement in the cookstove implementation level within the clean development, by reducing the carbon emissions following the Indian perspective for the program of better cookstoves.