Clean cooking is a key element in advancing public health, gender equity, and environmental sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean. This session will address the challenges and opportunities to ensure universal access to modern cooking technologies, especially in rural and vulnerable communities. Public policies, financing models, and social innovation will be explored to overcome barriers such as equipment costs, technological appropriation, and urban-rural gaps. The discussion will highlight successful experiences in the region and promote a people-centered energy vision, where safe and sustainable cooking is a right, not a privilege. It will also analyze how to integrate this agenda into national energy transition and climate action plans.
