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VCMI and Clean Cooking Alliance Partner to Strengthen Carbon Market Regulations in Kenya
"As part of VCMI’s Access Strategies program, this partnership with CCA will support financial market regulators to develop a framework that makes it easier to assess and prioritize which interventions could improve the integration of carbon-backed assets into mainstream finance. . ."
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: USAID’s Demise Threatens Clean Cooking Programs in Africa
A funding stoppage hurts efforts to phase out polluting home cookstoves and replace them with cleaner alternatives.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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BURN Secures US $5 Million Investment From ElectriFI to Scale Electric Cooking in Kenya
BURN, Africa’s leading clean cookstove manufacturer, distributor, and carbon project developer, has received a USD 5 million investment from EDFI Management Company (EDFI MC) through the EU Funded Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI).
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank Approves $8.79 Million to Boost Clean Cooking in Uganda
With cleaner kitchens, healthier families, greener forests, and a stronger climate response, the Uganda Biogas and Electric Cooking Project marks a critical step toward a more sustainable and resilient future.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Co-Axis Secures S$1.25 Million in Catalytic Capital to Scale Climate and Health Solutions in Asia
Co-Axis, a digital impact marketplace connecting funders with impact opportunities advancing the UN SDGs, has secured S$1.25 million in catalytic capital.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Mental Health and Climate Change: When a Global Crisis and Planetary Emergency Collide
Climate change’s adverse mental health effects are taking a disproportionate toll on the world’s nearly 1 billion people with pre-existing mental health conditions, or psychosocial disabilities.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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ENGIE Energy Access Tanzania to Receive EUR 1.3 Million of Results-Based Financing to Scale Up Access to Clean Cooking
The company is well known for its solar home systems in Tanzania, and it is well placed to expand its business to biodigesters.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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$40 Billion Africa Energy Fund to Boost Clean Cooking Access and Energy Transition
The fund focuses not only on expanding electrification but also on addressing the urgent need for clean cooking solutions.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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