The briefing, Indoor air pollution, household energy and the Millennium Development Goals highlights the links between Household Energy and MDG's overarching objectives, citing contributions made by improved household energy practices towards achieving MDG's long term objectives. WHO is responsible for reporting the proportion of global population using solid fuel for cooking as an indicator for reporting progress toward MDG 7 to ensure environmental sustainability.Development experts and practitioners around the world now accept that addressing the problem of household energy and related health and environment impacts should become an integral part of MDGs poverty eradication and development efforts.