On cooking and heating energy, the Government through the Ministry is promoting use of alternatives to charcoal and firewood which includes use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), biogas and biomass briquettes. However, there is need for Government to consider waiving some taxes and removing levies on LPG to make it affordable to majority of Malawians.
Clean and efficient cookstoves are being promoted to reduce charcoal and firewood consumption. To this end, Government has developed a National Charcoal Strategy covering the period 2017 to 2027 aimed at providing guidance on sustainable use of charcoal while promoting alternative energy sources of cooking and heating to charcoal.