A clean cooking and climate action campaign has been successfully implemented in 10 rural and peri-urban communities across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), promoting clean cooking solutions and deepening climate action awareness at the grassroots level.
The initiative, funded by the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme of the United Nations Development Programme and executed by the New Dawn for the Elderly Foundation, was carried out from February 1 to 15, 2026.
Titled “Accelerating Energy Transition through Community Advocacy and Biomass Innovation,” the foundation said; “the initiative promoted biomass briquettes as a sustainable alternative to firewood and charcoal.’
Targeting women and small-scale food vendors, the campaign raised awareness on “the link between traditional cooking fuels, climate change and public health.”
Through market-day outreaches, live cooking demonstrations, and interactive sessions, participants were introduced to the economic, environmental and health benefits of briquettes, alongside an offtake model to encourage sustained adoption.
According to the foundation, “the project directly engaged about 2,500 individuals per community and indirectly reached an estimated 25,000 households, with over 110 households committing to transition to biomass briquettes.’
A technical emissions assessment indicates that the transition could prevent about 197 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, positioning the intervention as a measurable grassroots contribution to climate action in line with Sustainable Development Goals 7, 13 and 5.
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