The United States and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
On September 21, 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
announced the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-
private partnership led by the United Nations Foundation to save
lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate
change by creating a thriving global market for clean and
efficient household cooking solutions. The U.S. Department of
State, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S.
Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services – Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes
of Health, and the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID), all of which are founding partners of the Alliance,
have forged an unprecedented government effort to mobilize
financial resources, top U.S. experts, and research and
development tools to help the Alliance achieve its target of
"100 by 20," which calls for 100 million homes to adopt clean
and efficient stoves and fuels by 2020. The United