Remarks by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) -Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves Public Launch
AYICC Kenya runs a program known as the R ural Energy Enterprise Network (REEN) . R EEN’s main mandate is to map out groups working on projects on energy efficiency . This includes firewood stoves, charcoal Jikos, biogas, solar, among many other sources of energy.The REEN program is in partnership with the GT Z in implementing its mandate.The program has also been looking at partnering with UNEP in its Clean Cookstoves program and as such has been closely following its progress............ The Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves, launched on Tuesday during the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, is part of the Global Clinton Initiative and spearheaded by the UN Foundation. It aims to cut the estimated 1.6 million to 1.8 million premature deaths linked with indoor emissions from inefficient cook stoves. Remarks by Achim Steiner , UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves Public Launch New York , 23 September I am delig