National Clean Cooking Strategy (2024 - 2034).

This National Clean Cooking Strategy is a subsectoral document aimed at addressing environmental degradation, climate change, and health risks associated with traditional cooking methods. It aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goal 7, which aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. Many people and some institutions continue using traditional cooking solutions, which exacerbate environmental, health, economic, and social impacts. In this context, the National Clean Cooking Strategy guides the country's transition to using clean cooking solutions. The Strategy aims to ensure that 80 percent of Tanzanians use clean cooking solutions by the year 2034. It also aims to fulfill the objective of the National Energy Policy of 2015, which aims to improve the quality of life by promoting the use of modern fuels. It specifically targets the following policy statements (i) enhance fuel switch from woodfuel to modern energy; and (ii) facilitate adoption of appropriate cooking appliances to promote alternatives to woodfuel. Therefore, the purpose of this Strategy is to ensure the availability of clean, safe, affordable, sustainable, and reliable cooking energy. The specific objectives of this Strategy are to (i) increase public and Institutional awareness on the importance of using clean cooking solutions; (ii) strengthen the accessibility of raw materials and reliable infrastructure of clean cooking solutions; (iii) reduce the cost of clean cooking energy sources, appliances and efficient cook stoves; (iv) develop, update and harmonize enabling Policies, Laws, Regulations and Guidelines to facilitate the adoption of clean cooking solutions; (v) promote investments in clean cooking; (vi) build the capacity of implementers of clean cooking projects; (vii) broaden the scope of research and innovations in technologies related to cooking solutions; (viii) incorporate HIV/AIDS issues in clean cooking initiatives; (ix) incorporate gender equality issues in the clean cooking value chain; (x) strengthen Good Governance in clean cooking.
The main strategies to achieve the objectives outlined in the Strategy and ensure the successful implementation of clean cooking solutions across Tanzania are (i) educate the public on the importance of clean cooking solutions and implement awareness and sensitization programs; (ii) improve access to raw materials and infrastructure for clean cooking energy, and engage the private sector in infrastructure development; (iii) reduce taxes and fees on clean cooking energy and appliances, and provide subsidies and affordable loan systems for clean cooking technologies; (iv) review and update policies, laws, and regulations related to clean cooking, and develop guidelines for quality standards and air quality monitoring; (v) encourage private sector investment in clean cooking projects and leverage national and international funds and programs to support clean cooking initiatives; (vi) provide training and education on clean cooking standards and technologies, and strengthen the capacity of institutions and project implementers.