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Abstract : The Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) calls to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. This is crucial to achieving quality health, poverty reduction, improved livelihood, a sustainable environment, and socio-economic advancement. Part of achieving this goal is a transition to sustainable cooking methods. Economic, demographic, social, physical, and technical factors have constituted challenges towards adopting and using sustainable cooking methods. However, these factors vary in different study locations. While there are general trends, uniformity in the directions of trends was lacking in earlier reports. It shows these factors impact differently based on several determinants. Cases of opposite variations and neutrality were also observed. Therefore, the study comprehensively assesses all the factors and their dynamism in advancing sustainable cooking methods. The articles were carefully reviewed, and the various variations in the determinants led to a better understanding of the challenges towards adopting and using sustainable cooking methods. This is crucial for focused programs and interventions towards promoting sustainable cooking methods for adoption and use in different localities.