Towards Sustainable Development Goal 7 “Universal Access to Clean Modern Energy”: National Strategy in Rwanda to Scale Clean Cooking with Bottled Gas

Iva Čukić, Chris Kypridemos, Alex W. Evans, Daniel Pope and Elisa Puzzolo
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Iva Čukić: Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Chris Kypridemos: Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Alex W. Evans: The Global LPG Partnership, New York, NY 10065, USA
Daniel Pope: Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Elisa Puzzolo: Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-19

Abstract: More than 90% of Rwandans rely on polluting solid fuels to meet their cooking needs. The negative impacts on health, climate, and the environment have led the Rwandan government to set a target of halving that number to 42% by 2024. A National Master Plan to promote scale up of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been developed to define (i) the necessary market conditions, (ii) public and private sector interventions, and (iii) the expected societal impacts. Findings are reported from modelling scenarios of scaling LPG use towards the 2024 policy target and the 2030 target for “universal access to clean modern energy” (SDG7). Household LPG use is projected to increase from 5.6% in 2020 to 13.2% by 2024 and 38.5% by 2030. This level of adoption could result in a reduction of 7656 premature deaths and 403,664 disability-adjusted-life-years (DALYs), as well as 243 million trees saved. Reductions in carbon dioxide and black carbon emissions equivalents (CO 2 e and BCe, respectively) are estimated to reach 25.6 million MT and 14.9 MT, respectively, by 2030. While aggressive policy intervention is required, the health, environmental, and developmental benefits are clear. Implementation of the Rwanda National LPG Master Plan will provide a model for other sub-Saharan African countries to address the priorities for cessation of reliance on solid fuels as an energy source.

Keywords: modern cooking; LPG; Rwanda; master plan; adoption; SDG7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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