87: How can enabling “clean cooking” save millions of lives?

<div>1.8 billion people have access to electricity but still cook with biomass. Four million people die each year from Household Air Pollution.  “Clean cooking” means cooking using non-polluting fuels.  The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme aims to rapidly accelerate the transition from biomass to clean cooking on a global scale.</div> <div> <br> To understand the problem, and what they are doing to facilitate change, we are joined by four experts from the programme, Prof Ed Brown, Nick Rousseau and Anh Tran from Loughborough University and Simon Batchelor Director of Gamos Ltd.</div> <div> <br> Join them to hear about the challenges they see and find how you can partner with them to drive innovation in clean cooking.<br> <br> If you want to find out more about the MECS programme and explore how you could get involved, email <a href="mailto:n.rousseau@lboro.ac.uk">n.rousseau@lboro.ac.uk</a><br> <br> <br> In addition to the panel discussion, we have recorded interviews with some of our partners in Kenya so you can hear their perspective on the work and why it is exciting the interest of both cooks and utility companies.</div> <div> <br> An interview by Dr Jon Leary with Mourine Cheruiyot, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)<br> <br> <a href="https://youtu.be/NCJ11SZFhNM">https://youtu.be/NCJ11SZFhNM</a><br> <br> An interview by Dr Jon Leary with Warimu Njehia, Kenya Light and Power Company (KPLC)</div> <div> <br> <a href="https://youtu.be/s2QfT3xIA80">https://youtu.be/s2QfT3xIA80</a> </div> <div><strong><br> About our panel</strong></div> <div><strong><br> Ed Brown, MECS Research Director, Loughborough University</strong></div> <div> <br> Ed Brown is the MECS Research Director. He is a Professor of Global Energy Challenges at Loughborough University with research interests in the fields of governance and international development issues with current research outputs focusing upon: questions of transparency and corruption; financial globalisation and the financial needs of the poor; and energ