Billions ‘use polluting fuel to cook’ and millions ‘have no electricity’

A farmer tills his land under power lines near central China’s Henan province (Ng Han Guan/AP)

Up to 2.3 billion people around the world are still using polluting fuels to cook and 675 million do not have electricity, a report released by five international organisations said.

At current rates, 660 million people are projected to be without electricity and 1.9 billion will not have clean cooking opportunities by 2030, the report said.