UPDATED 20 February 2024

webinar

Driving Climate Action through Clean Cooking

date
20 Oct 2021 - 20 Oct 2021
time
12:30 - 14:00 (GMT) 08:30 - 10:00 (EDT)
location
Online
Hosted by
HEPA Webinar Series

Transitioning to Clean Cooking Webinar Series: Session 7

Our CEO, Margaret Kim, will deliver a keynote address in this session that highlights clean household energy as an essential strategy for mitigating climate change and improving health. The session will review the science and co-benefits of clean household energy with a particular focus on: (i) achieving countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions; (ii) addressing the dearth of funding for scaling up clean household energy; (iii) solving the climate and energy challenges faced by low- and middle-income countries; and (iv) implementing various climate financing tools. Below the programme of the webinar:

1. Introduction
Heather Adair-Rohani, Technical Officer, WHO

2. Keynote Presentations

- The Climate and Health Co-Benefits of Transitioning to Clean Household Energy led by Shonali Pachauri, Research Group Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
- The need for finance to scale catalytic transformation led by Margaret Kim, CEO, Gold Standard 

3.Panel Discussion
Opportunities for Promoting Clean Household Energy

Q&A  + Preview next session
Donee Alexander, Chief Science and Learning Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance

Webinar panel

  • Heather Adair-Rohani, Technical Officer, WHO

  • Shonali Pachauri, Research Group Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

  • Margaret N. Kim, Chief Executive Officer

  • Donee Alexander, Chief Science and Learning Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance

  • John Mitchell, , United States Environmental Protection Agency

  • Pallavi Pant, Program Manager, Health Effects Institute

  • Country representative (tbc)

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