In pursuit of sustainable development goal 7- Evidence of clean cooking fuel usage from 46 developing countries

Abstract

Global efforts to accomplish net zero carbon emission are implausible without attaining Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, which pertains to facilitating access to clean energy sources. Despite numerous initiatives, 2.9 billion people, mostly from South Asia and Africa, are without access to clean cooking fuel. The current study uses Demographic and Household Survey (DHS) Data from 46 developing countries and employs probit regression and decision trees to examine access to clean cooking energy and its determinants. The result shows that clean cooking fuel usage is low in Sub-Saharan Africa and a few countries in Asia. The study also finds that education, wealth, urban residency, and gender are crucial determinants of clean cooking fuel usage. As is the case, global efforts to provide clean fuel access to all and achieve net zero carbon emission require large-scale investment; the clean energy transition policy requires accentuating the improvement of access through supplies and the enhancement of the education and income of the household, especially in rural areas.