Today, on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, I joined President @WilliamsRuto as he co-chaired, alongside Norway and the United States of America, a high-level meeting on clean cooking. President Ruto’s leadership is helping bring an issue that has too often remained invisible into the centre of global development policy. For millions of African households, how food is cooked has profound implications for health, livelihoods, gender equality, productivity and the environment. Nearly one billion Africans still lack access to clean cooking, with women and children carrying much of the burden. We need to sustain this momentum and ensure that clean cooking is considered alongside energy access, public health, economic development and climate action. President Ruto also extended an invitation to the world to come to Nairobi in January for the next global summit on clean cooking, which he presented as an opportunity to turn political recognition into practical commitments, investment and action. Today’s meeting should be the beginning of a sustained global effort, as clean cooking deserves a permanent place in the world’s most important policy conversations. And in January that conversation comes home.