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In Central America, 20 million individuals cook with firewood daily, a practice that contributes to extensive deforestation, which impacts biodiversity and disrupts carbon capture, water regulation, and soil conservation, all essential for local communities’ survival.
Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its AR6 Synthesis Report, which outlines the key takeaways from the vast body of scientific research on climate change with the goal of spurring policy makers to take swift action to unleash funding and regulation...
Modern gas and electric cook stoves that we use every day in the U.S. weren't popular until the 1900s. Before that, people cooked with kerosene, coal, and biomass (wood, crop waste, etc). Across the globe, 2.6 billion people still do, resulting in nearly 1 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.