Advocacy & events
Advocating for a Sun-powered Future
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Advocacy & Events
Advocating for a Sun-powered Future
Elevating Solar Cooking to the Global Stage
Around the world, billions of people still cook over open fires and polluting stoves — risking their health, their future, and the planet. At the United Nations and beyond, Solar Cookers International is making sure their voices are heard.
Through our official role with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), SCI brings frontline stories, research, and real-world evidence into global decision-making spaces. Our advocacy helps move solar cooking from the margins to the center of international policy — influencing funding, shaping climate and development strategies, and accelerating access to renewable energy for underserved communities.
Through consistent global advocacy, solar cooking is now recognized as a powerful tool for climate resilience, gender equity, and sustainable development. Each year, our presence helps unlock new partnerships, expand funding opportunities, and strengthen momentum for clean cooking worldwide.
Solar cooking supports all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals — improving health, reducing poverty, protecting forests, advancing gender equality, and cutting carbon emissions. Our advocacy ensures that this solution remains visible, valued, and scalable.
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UN CTCN Photographer: Miranda Rikki Tasker
United Nations NGO Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW)
Empowering Women Through Clean Cooking
At the UN’s premier forum on gender equality, SCI highlights how solar cooking transforms the lives of women and girls.
Through public side-event webinars, we showcase how clean cooking reduces the burden of fuel collection, lowers exposure to toxic smoke, and frees time for education, entrepreneurship, and leadership. These sessions connect grassroots experience with global policy conversations.
United Nations High-level Political Forum (UN HLPF)
Clean Cooking on the Sustainable Development Agenda
At the UN’s main platform for tracking progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, SCI demonstrates how solar cooking supports every dimension of development.
We present new research and case studies linking clean cooking to health, education, climate action, food security, and economic opportunity. Our sessions bring together experts, practitioners, and policymakers to strengthen the case for solar cooking as an affordable, scalable solution.
Watch Past Sessions: Discover how solar cooking drives progress across all 17 SDGs
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United Nations Climate Change Conference (UN COP)
Conference to the Parties of the Paris Agreement
At the UN Climate Summit, SCI brings clean cooking into the heart of global climate conversations.
Through demonstrations, exhibitions, press briefings, and side events, we spotlight solar cooking as a practical, people-centered climate solution. Our work shows how clean cooking reduces deforestation, cuts emissions, and strengthens climate resilience in vulnerable communities.
We collaborate with global partners, NGOs, and policymakers to position solar cooking as a vital part of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies — turning innovation into action.