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Electric cooking as a clean and just energy solution

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Cooking with electric rather than solid-fuel stoves can reduce carbon emissions and indoor air pollution, offering climate and health co-benefits. To make electric cooking a viable clean fuel alternative for energy-poor communities, energy infrastructure and policies need redesigning to ensure reliable, safe and affordable supply.

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The authors thank A. Gupta and M. Shelar at KK Wagh Institute of Engineering and A. Kulkarni of Pragati Abhiyan for their support.

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  1. Yale School of the Environment, New Haven, CT, USA

    Narasimha D. Rao

  2. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

    Narasimha D. Rao

  3. School of Public Policy, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Ambuj D. Sagar

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Rao, N.D., Sagar, A.D. Electric cooking as a clean and just energy solution. Nat Rev Earth Environ 5, 751–752 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00608-z

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