A Breath of Fresh Air: Carbon Credit Financing Lights the Way to Clean Cooking in Africa Africa's move towards clean cooking is gaining momentum, driven by carbon credit financing that's making eco friendly stoves affordable for millions of low income households.
The shift represents a pragmatic approach to addressing household air pollution from charcoal and firewood fuels, which an estimated 850,000 deaths annually in Africa.
The numbers are staggering: nearly 1 billion Africans still rely on polluting fuels for everyday cooking. Companies like BURN, which has distributed over 7.