This Guidance Note is part of a set of operational guidance materials related to the UNDP Social and Environmental Standards (SES). UNDP’s SES seek to (i) strengthen quality of programming by ensuring a principled approach; (ii) maximize social and environmental opportunities and benefits; (iii) avoid adverse impacts to people and the environment; (iv) minimize, mitigate, and manage adverse impact...

Ensuring energy access for rural households is crucial for global sustainable development. Technologies like liquefied petroleum gas, biogas, and efficient cookers are touted as solutions, yet their adoption remains limited despite their potential health, economic, and environmental benefits. Authors conducted a meta-analysis of 50 studies in developing countries, integrating contextual factors to...

This Knowledge Brief aims to inform approaches to energy access planning in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that simultaneously address access to electrification and clean cooking. It focuses on electric cooking (eCooking), which is at the heart of this integration. The Knowledge Brief provides a review of relevant tools and methodologies for integrated energy access planning and gives an...

This document details the modelling approaches and findings used to inform the interventions within the eCooking Strategy. It utilises data collected during the KNeCS Baseline Study (2023), and is designed to explore key research questions that have emerged during the strategy development process.The modelling effort for KNeCS utilised two major tools: Open Source energy Modelling SYStem (OSeMOSYS...

This document presents a detailed roadmap for scaling eCooking, identifying key activities, establishing a robust Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework, outlining a resource mobilization strategy, and crafting an inclusive stakeholder engagement plan.Key Activities: The first section presents tables that outline key activities, responsibilities, targets, and timeframes, addressing specific...

The National Clean Cooking Communication Strategy (NCCCS) presents a strategic roadmap to catalyse the nationwide transition to clean cooking solutions, in support of the broader objectives outlined in the National Clean Cooking Strategy (2024–2034). Guided by the national slogan “Nishati Safi ya Kupikia, Okoa Maisha na Mazingira” (“Clean Cooking, Saving Lives and the Environment”), the strategy a...

This study is a publication from the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Programme, and aligns with a 2021 series of publications developed in collaboration with GIZ/EnDev. The market assessments offer strategic insight on the current state of electricity access and clean cooking in nine countries across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This study identifies the key opportunities and chal...

This MECS Country Brief for Uganda describes the current situation in terms of access to electricity and clean cooking, and assesses the socio-economic and environmental costs and benefits, and potential for e-cooking in the country....

Nepal possesses abundant hydropower potential for electricity generation, presenting an opportunity to promote electricity as a modern cooking fuel for enterprises. Transitioning to electric cooking can help Nepal achieve its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets, improve the well-being of cooks with safer options, and strengthen the nation’s energy security. Reducing dependence on LPG import...