Poverty, gender, and empowerment in sustained adoption of cleaner cooking systems: Making the case for refined measurement

Studies in the household air pollution sector have often used non-coherent frameworks and indicators to evaluate the sustained adoption of cleaner cooking systems. There is a lack of universally acknowledged metrics to characterize and measure sustained adoption of cleaner cooking systems. Through a series of workshops, public consultations, and a webinar, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves has developed indicators and metrics in 5 core measurement areas of adoption. These are: 1) Distribution & Uptake, 2) Promotion, 3) Policy & Coverage, 4) Adoption, and 5) Sustained Adoption. As a starting point, these indicators could be further revised, which will benefit policy makers, researchers, and business practitioners in this sector.