{"id":2883,"date":"2019-06-03T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T08:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:19","slug":"private-sector-can-clean-up-urban-kitchens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/06\/03\/private-sector-can-clean-up-urban-kitchens\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Sector Can Clean Up Urban Kitchens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By BERNARD OSAWA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last\nweek, UN Habitat held its first assembly in Nairobi under the theme \u201cInnovation\nfor Better Quality of Life in Cities and Communities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According\nto the UN, 55 per cent of the world\u2019s population live in urban areas and are\nset to increase to 70 per cent by 2050. As cities across emerging markets grow\nrapidly, resources and infrastructure are ever more stretched, posing numerous\nchallenges to governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TOXIC\nSMOKE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nKenya, most urban households rely on charcoal and kerosene while, globally, 2.8\nbillion people do not have access to clean cooking fuels. Use of charcoal\ncauses potentially deadly indoor air pollution and carbon monoxide poisoning,\nwhile the devastating deforestation it drives continues to destroy our forests\nand water towers, affecting agricultural yields and weather patterns, thus\nrisking our food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,\nkerosene produces toxic smoke and is associated with explosions and fires,\nespecially in informal settlements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although\nthe total economic cost of these unsafe fuels is enormous, they are typically\nthe only viable option for many low-income earners due to their near-ubiquitous\naccessibility and relative affordability compared to cleaner options\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/oped\/opinion\/Private-sector-can-clean-up-urban-kitchens\/440808-5142424-vkeijxz\/index.html\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BERNARD OSAWA Last week, UN Habitat held its first assembly in Nairobi under the theme \u201cInnovation for Better Quality of Life in Cities and Communities\u201d. According to the UN,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}