COP 31: Tanzania, Lesotho, Uganda share clean cooking gains as US$1.46bn in pledges is yet to arrive

Tanzania, Lesotho and Uganda have shared how they are expanding clean cooking at home, as leaders at COP31 warned that most of the money promised to help Africa make the switch is yet to arrive. The countries presented their progress at a Leaders’ Roundtable on Clean Cooking in Africa in Antalya, Türkiye, on 12 November, co-hosted by the COP31 Presidency of Türkiye, Tanzania, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Clean Cooking Alliance. Tanzania: from 16 to 35 per cent “I’m pleased to report that clean cooking access in Tanzania has increased from 16% in 2022,” President Samia Suluhu Hassan told the roundtable. She said access reached 28.6 per cent in March 2024 and is expected to hit 35 per cent by the end of 2026 (more than double in four years).