Air pollution is a major killer around the globe and one that disproportionately affects low and middle income countries. The World Health Organization estimates that around 7 million people die every year from the air they breathe. There are two kinds...
Wanjira Mathai is a Kenyan environmental and civic leader. She is the chair of the Wangari Mathai Foundation, which is named after her mother who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on environmental justice. Much of Wanjira’s...
“I think if you add up the number of deaths from air pollution, contaminated sites, and sanitation – these are the three main types of pollution – the total number is 8.9 million…a year. That means one in every seven...
$400 million in pledges netted at the Cookstoves Future Summit
Why clean cookstoves are a cross cutting solution to some of the biggest global challenges
The United Nations Environment Program released a new report on the links between environment and health in Africa. This is a crucial connection to probe: diahhrea, malaria and respiratory infections account for about 60% of the disease burden in Africa, and these three issues are as much environmental as health issues
A special guest post from Radha Muthiah, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves -- a project of the UN Foundation.
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday at a packed reception in mid-town Manhattan. There were lots of notables in the room, but the real stars were the cookstoves. (Pictures)
The star chef becomes an Ambassador--and joins the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.