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Many clean cooking companies employ a strategic business model that combines the production and distribution of high-efficiency cookstoves, the creation of sustainable cooking fuels, and the generation of carbon credits. Despite these opportunities, many clean cooking companies face considerable challenges in mobilizing sufficient financing to scale their operations and amplify their impact. There is an […]

To change cooking behaviour by replacing solid fuels with smoke-free alternatives is the goal of the Smoke Free Village (SFV) initiative. The recent report shows positive results.

Summary 2∙6 billion people rely on solid fuels for cooking or heating. Accelerating access to cleaner solutions is crucial to reduce the negative effects of solid fuel use. Despite abundant evidence on how to implement these solutions, previous attempts have been disappointing. An overview of the evidence is missing and the translation of the evidence […]

‘Partners in Pellets’ aims to develop the market for pellets in combination with using a clean gasifier stove. The partnership consists of BioMassters, FairClimateFund, Bix Capital, Mimi Moto, TRAIDE foundation and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.

A report by EnDev. The goal of this paper is to identify, systematize and disseminate inspirational best practices, successful tools, strategies, activities and approaches to promote behavioural change towards the adoption and sustained use of cleaner cooking solutions among low-income households and communities in developing countries.

How do clean cookstoves affect health and the environment, and what role do external factors play in the business of clean cookstoves? A report by FMO.

A global roadmap setting out milestones needed to achieve a radical transformation of energy access and transition by 2030, while also contributing to net zero emissions by 2050, was issued on 3 November by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as an outcome of the High-level Dialogue on Energy.

Through the NL Energy Compact, the Netherlands reaffirms its commitment to support global action to increase an inclusive access to affordable, reliable, clean energy by 2030 (SDG7) and to achieve the net zero climate goals by 2050

EnDev, in collaboration with Practical Action, has developed a knowledge product on the topic of humanitarian energy which provides concrete project/program experiences as a good base of knowledge and recommendations for related future initiatives in the context of energy for micro-enterprises in displacement settings.

This publication presents the results and key lessons learned from the Market-based Energy Access (MBEA) project in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement that ran from October 2017 to September 2019.