It finds that refugees, internally displaced people, and host communities remain heavily reliant on polluting fuels due to systemic barriers such as weak infrastructure, limited financing, regulatory constraints, and exclusion from national energy planning.
The report underscores how these challenges undermine health, safety, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability, while also pointing to significant untapped economic and climate benefits of expanding clean cooking access.
It calls for coordinated, long-term, and inclusive approaches, championed through NORCAP’s contributions to evidence-building and partnership development, including integrating displaced populations into energy strategies, strengthening private sector engagement, investing in infrastructure, and deploying innovative financing models to ensure equitable and sustainable solutions at scale.
