Across Africa, where nearly a billion people still cook over open flames that claim roughly 850,000 lives each year, a quiet financial architecture is reshaping the most intimate corner of daily life. Carbon credit financing has driven the price of a clean cookstove from $40 to as little as $5, making the switch from charcoal and firewood not a matter of environmental conviction but of economic possibility. With $900 million in new commitments secured and more than 30 governments aligning behind new policies, the continent is beginning to treat clean cooking not as an aspiration but as a struc
Carbon credits make clean cooking affordable for millions of African households
Household air pollution from charcoal and firewood cooking contributes to approximately 850,000 deaths annually across Africa.