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Funding the Fight Against the World’s Oldest Fuel Source: How New Financing Mechanisms in Clean Cooking Can Succeed Where Grants Have Failed
The use of biomass fuel has remained consistent over the centuries...
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Why cooking causes 4m premature deaths a year
Almost 4m premature deaths each year, making it the world’s third-biggest caus....
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How perception and innovation are influencing adoption of clean cooking solutions
Charcoal is the primary source of fuel for nearly 90% of Tanzanians and its use ....
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The renewable fuel source that is transforming kitchens in low-income households
On a busy street in the bustling Sinza area in the city of Dar es Salaam, there ....
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India: Women Entrepreneurs in Bihar Help Improve Air Quality through Cleaner Cookstoves
Giving large-scale access to LPG or electric stoves may take time, the governmen....
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Ten days and a thousand hills: Witnessing the transition to electric cooking in Rwanda
Namudu Esther and many other women living in urban households participated in th....
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Can clean cookstoves ride out the carbon markets storm?
One of the world’s largest, but most overlooked, public health crises comes fr....
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PowerUP: Scaling Clean Cooking Through Carbon Markets
It is a clean-tech start-up based in Uganda. It uses carbon finance to deliver a....
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Cookstove carbon offsets overstate climate benefit by 1,000%, study finds
Cookstove projects are one of the fastest-growing carbon offset schemes but rese....
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