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Fueling Change: The Multiple Impacts of Increasing Liquefied Petroleum Gas Usage in Rural India
To address the negative impacts of cooking with biomass fuel, the Indian government launched a program in 2018 that offers free access to a clean gas cookstove and a refillable cylinder of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). But as Shobhit Mishra and Vaishaly Shrimall at MSC explain, the program faced logistical challenges that limited uptake among rural households. They explore the barriers that hinder the adoption of gas cooking in rural India, and discuss the impact of an MSC program that leverages self-help groups to boost LPG uptake while creating entrepreneurship opportunities for local women.
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- Energy, Environment, Finance
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MIGA Issues $179.6 Million Guarantee to Back African Clean-Cooking Initiative
The guarantee will support the expansion of KOKO Networks which supplies bioethanol-based cookstoves and fuel to low-income households, helping to replace charcoal and wood with a cleaner alternative.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mirova Announces Financing for Clean Cooking Company Koko
The Mirova Gigaton Fund will enable KOKO to scale up a new type of residential energy utility across Kenya and Rwanda.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UpEnergy Issues Africa’s First-Ever Electric Cooking Carbon Credits Under Gold Standard’s New Metered Methodology
UpEnergy is a social enterprise dedicated to channeling climate finance to fight energy poverty through decarbonization projects.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Disrupting Waste Management in Emerging Markets: Four Lessons for Strengthening Businesses While Empowering Women and Communities
Early-stage companies in emerging markets whose workforces and value chains are dependent on women face several common challenges. According to Yaquta Fatehi at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan and John F. Akwetey, these issues are especially relevant in the waste management sector. They share insights from a study of waste management businesses and practices in Kenya, which show the impacts of treating women’s empowerment and community engagement as integral elements of business strategies rather than peripheral concerns.
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African Investors Are Plowing More Funds Into Climate Tech
About a third of the investment into African startups went to those driving climate tech solutions in each of the last two years, according to Africa: The Big Deal’s data.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shell Foundation and Accion Announce New Programme to Finance and Scale Emission-Reducing Technologies in Emerging Markets
The Climate and Finance Innovations (ClimaFii) Alliance seeks to bring financing and sustainable energy solutions to microenterprises across India and sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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UK to Help Give 10 Million People Worldwide Access to Clean Cooking
At COP29 in Baku, Minister for Development Anneliese Dodds will commit to help the Global South access clean forms of cooking that does not burn wood or coal.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Global
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