[RED DEMOCRATICA] Clean cookstoves will save lives, mitigate climate change, World Bank says

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Brahimi still hopeful on Syrian peace talks; Arab League endorses Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   November 4, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Clean cookstoves will save lives, mitigate climate change, World Bank says Not only will clean cookstoves save 1 million lives annually, but they will also slow climate change, says a World Bank report. The cost of clean cookstoves needs to be lowered so more people in developing countries can afford them, the report says. 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