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Dirty secret: Half of world lacks clean cooking, at a huge cost

Dirty secret: Half of world lacks clean cooking, at a huge cost

MEGAN ROWLING A global failure to provide about 4 billion people - half the world's population - with access to clean, safe and affordable ways of cooking is costing $2.4 trillion a year in damage to health, the climate and local economies, new figures show. A report released by the World Bank and its partners this week said women bear the brunt of preparing food using harmful and polluting fuels - a blindspot for governments and business, despite a global goal to provide clean cooking for all by 2030. The bulk of the cost of dirty cooking - $1.4 trillion…
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