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The Nigerian government wants the country to move away from cooking on wood and switch to cleaner cooking fuels, such as gas, by 2060. Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images

Four out of five people in Africa use wood for cooking: a transition to clean fuels would cut emissions and save lives, a model for Nigeria shows

Maria Yetano Roche, University of Wuppertal and Temilade Sesan, University of Ibadan

If Nigeria doesn’t roll out clean fuels fast, its carbon dioxide emissions from cooking on firewood will triple by 2060, new research has found.

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