The International Energy Agency (IEA) is convening global leaders for a Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa in Paris, where the IEA is to present its annual study on the issue on Tuesday. More than 20 African countries are taking part in the meeting. According to the IEA, nearly four in five Africans still cook their meals over open fires and traditional stoves, using wood, charcoal, animal dung and other polluting fuels. This has impacts on health, gender equality and the environment. According to the IEA study, the inhalation of hazardous smoke from cooking is the second leading cause of prema…