Electrifying Cooking in Europe
With support from the European Climate Foundation (ECF), CLASP is working with partners across Europe to raise awareness about the health risks of cooking with gas and brings technical evidence to accelerate the transition to electric cooking.
Materials are available in French, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Slovak, and Spanish at the bottom of the page. You may also find a Google Translate option for the webpage.
40+ years of research links respiratory, mental, and other health risks to indoor gas stove pollution.
It’s Time to Electrify Cooking
Across Europe, millions of people sit down to dinner prepared on gas hobs and ovens, completely unaware of the invisible air pollution surrounding them. Cooking with gas releases toxic pollutants – including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and ultrafine particles – into the air, putting the health of those households at risk.
Like the emissions from a car exhaust pipe, breathing the pollution from burning fossil gas in your kitchen will have a negative impact on your family. Forty years of research have shown that the air pollution from using gas cooking appliances can cause respiratory diseases like asthma. Children and low-income communities face the greatest risk of negative health effects.
The active review of the domestic cooking appliances Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations in the EU and the UK offers an opportunity to eliminate the health risks from burning fossil gas in kitchens across all of Europe. These updated policies that take new gas cooking appliances off of shelves can be further accelerated with the phase-out of existing stock through additional national and local policies.
It is time to seize the moment and transition toward clean, electric cooking technologies like hot plates and induction.
CLASP is partnering with organizations, advocates and experts from across sectors to raise awareness of the consequences of gas cooking and develop a robust evidence base in favor of a clean cooking policy in the EU and UK.
Now, a growing network of civil society and environmental organizations is calling on governments in London, Brussels, and across the EU to take policy action to protect communities from the hazards of gas cooking.
Resources by Language
English
See our English language resources
Reports:
- Exposing the Hidden Health Impacts of Cooking with Gas
- The Public Health and Environmental Impacts of Cooking with Gas in the UK
- UK Consumer Survey Results
- Health effects in EU and UK from cooking on gas | TNO Publications
- Effect of hydrogen gas mixes on gas hob emissions | TNO Publications
Press:
- IKEA Netherlands to end sales of gas cooktops
- Gas cookers regularly breach air pollution limits
- UK policies do not protect the public from the impacts of gas cooking
Factsheets:
- Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Factsheet
- Frequently Asked Questions
- CO2 Savings From Phasing Out Gas Hobs
- How to Improve Air Quality in Your Home When You Have a Gas Hob or Oven
- Cooking on Gas Releases Hazardous Pollutants into European Homes
- Exposing the Hidden Health Impacts of Cooking with Gas
- Evidence & Policy 1 Pager
- Campaign & Communications 1 Pager
French
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Reports:
Press:
Factsheets:
- Fiche informative sur l’éco-conception et l’étiquetage énergétique
- Économies d’émissions de CO2 grâce à l’élimination progressive des appareils de cuisson au gaz
- Comment améliorer la qualité de l’air dans votre maison lorsque vous avez une cuisinière ou un four à gaz
- La cuisson au gaz libère des polluants dangereux dans les foyers européens
- Les effets sanitaires cachés de la cuisson au gaz
Social media content:
Italian
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Reports:
Press:
- In Olanda Ikea dice basta al fornello a gas, venderà solo piani a induzione
- Studio: Cucinare con il gas supera regolarmente i limiti per l’inquinamento dell’aria
Factsheets:
- Scheda su Ecodesign & Etichettatura energetica
- Riduzione delle emissioni di CO2 grazie all’eliminazione progressiva degli apparecchi di cottura a gas
- Come migliorare la qualità dell’aria di casa vostra se usate un piano cottura o un forno a gas
- Cucinare con il gas rilascia inquinanti pericolosi nelle case europee
- Gli Effetti Invisibili delle Cucine a Gas sulla Salute
Spanish
See our Spanish language resources
Reports:
Press:
- Ikea empieza a eliminar las cocinas de gas
- ¿Elegir una cocina eléctrica o de gas? Una decisión más importante de lo que parece
- Cocinas de gas, una elección poco saludable
Factsheets:
- Hoja informativa sobre diseño ecológico y etiquetas energéticas
- Ahorro de emisiones de CO2 tras la eliminación gradual de las cocinas de gas
- Cómo mejorar la calidad del aire en su hogar si tiene horno o placa de gas
- La cocción con gas emite sustancias contaminantes peligrosas en los hogares europeos
- Los desconocidos efectos sobre la salud del uso de las cocinas de gas
Slovak
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Reports:
Factsheets:
- Prehľad o ekodizajne a energetickom označovaní
- Úspora emisií CO2 pri postupnom vyraďovaní plynových varných spotrebičov
- Ako zlepšiť kvalitu ovzdušia v domácnosti, ak máte plynovú varnú dosku alebo rúru
- Pri varení na plyne sa v európskych domácnostiach uvoľňujú do ovzdušia nebezpečné znečisťujúce látky
- Varenie na plyne a jeho vplyv na zdravie
Romanian
See our Romanian language resources
Factsheets:
- Fișă informativă privind Proiectarea ecologică și Etichetarea energetică
- Cum să îmbunătățiți calitatea aerului în casă când aveți o plită sau un cuptor cu gaz
- Economii de emisii de CO2 în urma eliminării treptate a aparatelor de gătit pe gaz
- Gătitul cu ajutorul gazului eliberează poluanți periculoși în casele europene
- Prezentarea efectelor ascunse asupra sănătății ale gătitului cu gaz metan
Hungarian
See our Hungarian language resources
Get Involved
To keep up to date with new research and join health and air quality experts in phasing out gas cooking in Europe, follow our @CLASP_Europe Twitter & use the hashtag #CookCleanerEurope.
Please contact clasp.europe@clasp.ngo for more information on how to become a partner.
Learn More
Webinar | January 9, 2023: Exposing the Hidden Health Impacts of Gas Cooking
Webinar | June 8, 2023: The Health and Environmental Effects of Gas Cooking in the UK