Editorial: Le Monde

• Few causes unite ambitions for climate, health, and improving women's living conditions, but 'clean cooking' is one.
• Currently, 90% of Africans depend on rudimentary cooking, causing health problems and deforestation.
• Eliminating traditional cooking practices by 2030 would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• About $4 billion per year would be needed to finance African families' access to 'clean cooking' by the end of the decade.
• Challenges include indifference from many African leaders and resistance from women to change traditional cooking methods.
• Effective public policies in African countries, backed by aid-providing states and international institutions, are essential.

Conclusion: Progress has been made at the Paris Conference with $ 2.2 billion in funding promises. However, it is important to ensure the sustainability and relevance of the funds, which involves a change of approach: instead of focusing on the supply of equipment, we should focus on the real needs of African women.

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