BURN's Head of Carbon Strategy Molly Brown was recently interviewed by KTN News, discussing the impact of carbon projects and clean cooking solutions in Kenya.
Recently, Kenya took a significant step towards facilitating quality carbon trading by passing carbon market regulations which will enable project developers like BURN to continue attracting foreign investment to make clean cooking affordable.
BURN has distributed ~4.5 million clean cookstoves across Sub-Saharan Africa, and with carbon finance we can subsidize stoves that would normally cost ~$50 on the market for ~$3-5. The average household will be able to save approximately 2 tons of wood per year, reduce indoor air pollution, and save an hour of cooking time per day.
Video Credits: KTN News Kenya
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Kenya has recently made significant strides in establishing a structured framework for carbon projects through the Climate Change Carbon Markets Regulations 2024. The World Bank has published a couple market guidebook specifically for Kenyan enterprises. Despite Kenya's commitment to scaling carbon markets, participation remains consulted with most credits issued by a few developers. Many enterprises lack understanding of how to develop and monetize. Common credits effectively. I spoke to climate expert Molly Brown from Barn, and here is that excerpt. We've done about a million clean cook stoves in Kenya and what we know from independent academic randomised controlled trial research is that for every stove we distribute, families save about $120.00 per year in fuel bills. They experience a statistically significant improvement in their health outcomes. They save an hour a day of cooking time or maybe collecting fuel wood time, and it represents the best return on investment that a family can make. So if you're someone cooking with charcoal every day, buying a Deacon or an ACOA char stove means that you can save money every week on your fuel bills, while saving the environment and while cutting indoor air pollution. Cooking is something that people do everyday, often many, many times a day. And it can be for some easy to overlook. And for others, cooking is a huge part of their life, right? They're either they're collecting wood or they're going out to buy their tins of charcoal. And what we see is that if you can help people cook on something that is cleaner, faster, more efficient, that can really change the people who are cooking's lives. And let's be honest, it's, it's normally the, the, the ladies, right? So we can save about two tonnes of word per family per year, which is. Obviously a lot and what we know in Kenya is that charcoal is one of the big drivers of deforestation and if we can help people cook with less charcoal or even better, cook with no charcoal at all by switching to electric cooking, then we can really start to help protect Kenya's forests. Kenya has just passed the carbon market regulation about two weeks, 2 weeks ago, which is very exciting. That provides the framework for carbon trading that will create a new carbon. Registry of all the projects in Kenya and it will mean that the government can really track what's happening in the market and also start to trade those credits through the new Article 6 framework, which is the global framework where countries can buy carbon credits from each other. And that means that Kenya is a government can benefit financially, but it also means that projects like ours can raise finance from international investors to in our case, subsidise the cost. Of stoves, so our wood stoves should cost maybe 40-50 dollars. We distribute them for 500 shillings. So there's a really massive subsidy for communities that they can benefit from on day one. Yeah, I think it's important that that everybody understands what what it means, what the benefits can be, but also what the risks can be. If you're a carbon project like ours, we do our local stakeholder engagements and everyone who buys a stove, we have a conversation with them about carbon and how it works. The idea being that everyone who gets a stove understands that they have received a carbon subsidy on day one and that that carbon subsidy comes from an investor and we will have to repay that investor. Obviously with the with the carbon trading that comes later. So. So that's how our projects work, but it depends on the project. Solar homes are different, forestry projects are different, land use projects are different, mangroves are different. Every project needs to be having those conversations with their participants. Yeah, I think it's all about technology, so. At Burn, we started really as an engineering company and we have a huge research and development design team based out in Ruiru and they are constantly making the stoves better and better. So the latest model a world beating, we can do 70% thermal efficiency for the charcoal stoves, which is just so much better than even our previous version and the version before and the version before like every every year it gets better and more excitingly, we now have our Ecoa induction cook stoves where we're helping people cook with electric. And that's really exciting. I think families really appreciate the cook stoves that we provide. It helps people save money, it helps people save time. And there's a kind of real clear tangible benefit. Switching to electric cooking is very exciting. We've got lots of families now in Kenya cooking with electricity. It's cheaper, it's faster, it's much cleaner, there's no smoke. So, so we see that on a kind of individual level, people really get it. They they really understand and they enjoy using our products. On a government level, we've seen lots of support from the Ministry of Energy and there's a new Kenyan cooking strategy which is coming out, which is very exciting around kind of how we can shift away from biomass fuels or or basic kind of cooking technologies towards more improved technologies like the GCA, as I mentioned, which has much higher thermal efficiency. And then how we can switch to cleaner fuels like electricity. So and that is a conversation on matters to do with the clean cooking, how we can preserve our environment. But after these short commercial break, we shall be having a discussion on matters to do with the counterfeit problem that we continue to experience in the country and.
Congratulations Molly Brown for accurately educating Kenyans and the world on how BURN’s carbon projects work to save lives and forests through clean cooking . 👌👌👌
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This is one of the amazing successful projects about reducing carbon in our daily activities that I have heard. It serves as an inspiration to all climate activists who are coming up with green innovations. It is prove that adopting sustainable practices in our lifestyles is not as hard and it's profitable because it saves money and the planet.
Environmental education remains an integral part in our quest for climate change mitigation. Carbon projects can only be successful if all of us understand their contributions in environmental protection and health improvement.
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BURN's Head of Carbon Strategy Molly Brown was recently interviewed by KTN News, discussing the impact of carbon projects and clean cooking solutions in Kenya.
Recently, Kenya took a significant step towards facilitating quality carbon trading by passing carbon market regulations which will enable project developers like BURN to continue attracting foreign investment to make clean cooking affordable.
BURN has distributed ~4.5 million clean cookstoves across Sub-Saharan Africa, and with carbon finance we can subsidize stoves that would normally cost ~$50 on the market for ~$3-5. The average household will be able to save approximately 2 tons of wood per year, reduce indoor air pollution, and save an hour of cooking time per day.
Video Credits: KTN News Kenya
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ClimatePartner has endorsed the Principles for Responsible Carbon Finance in Clean Cooking! 🎉
Last week, at the Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, governments and organisations met to discuss progress on making clean cooking accessible for everyone.
Nearly 80% of African households still rely on open fires and traditional stoves to cook their meals. 🔥 In addition to the environmental cost of wood burning, indoor smoke pollution has severe health consequences, especially for women and children who spend more time in the home.
We are one of over 100 organisations to have endorsed the Principles, which have already undergone extensive public review led by the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA). The Principles focus on integrity, transparency, fairness, and sustainability, in order to build trust and incentivise much-needed investment in improved cookstove projects. 💪
Are you interested in supporting one of these projects? Find out more about two of our improved cookstove projects, developed by BURN and TASC 👇
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Food loss in Kenya isn’t just an economic issue..
It’s a critical social, environmental, and global challenge.
ECIi is stepping up to address this by implementing..
Carbon-neutral cold chain solutions that transform food storage while reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
In rural Kenya, where inadequate storage leads to up to 50% of food spoilage, our solutions offer a sustainable way to keep food fresh longer.
Powered by renewable energy and atmospheric carbon capture, ECIi’s cold chain systems are creating impactful results:
➞Extended food shelf life, even in regions without reliable electricity.
➞ Zero additional greenhouse gases emitted during storage.
➞ Economic uplift for local farmers, reducing post-harvest losses and increasing profitability.
This approach is more than just a technological innovation.
it’s a pathway to solving global socio-economic challenges, one community at a time.
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Around the world, 2.4 billion people still cook using #wood and #coal.
This practice has many side effects: from environmental damage, with the reduction of forests and the release of greenhouse gas emissions, to possible respiratory infections caused by the inhalation of soot produced by the use of wood and charcoal.
To address this problem, AVSI has improved cooking systems in Mozambique, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Cost, Kenya, and Uganda. It includes the use of more efficient and less polluting alternative cooking systems, such as stoves, electric hobs, pressure cookers, and biogas. Through its intervention, AVSI has started raising awareness among people to change old practices and replace them with more #green and #sustainable technologies.
In 2023, 834,422 people have been involved in the initiative, which has generated:
· 136.832 alternative cooking system distributed
· 130.461 tons of saved woods in 2023
· 257.069 tons of estimated reduction of CO2 in 2023
Additionally, the use of such alternative items supports the #empowerment of #women. Indeed, the traditional collection of wood, especially in rural areas, requires a lot of time and exposes women to several risks, including rape, accidents, and animal attacks. Through clean cooking, women and their children can save this #time and use it as they like it.
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This week we’re on the ground in Kenya attending the #IEA Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Nairobi. Our experts are meeting with business leaders and decision makers to discuss concrete solutions for how to double annual energy efficiency improvements and create a sustainable cold chain to fight food loss.
Worldwide 13% of food worldwide is lost due to lack of a cold chain
70% of annual post-harvest food losses in Sub-Saharan Africa alone are due to inadequate or non-existent cold chains, equivalent to more than 400M tons.
The solution? We can reduce food loss by half with sustainable, energy-efficient refrigeration technology.
Learn more about our concrete work in Kenya, such as the Loss2Value Project, where we aim to reduce post-harvest losses by emphasizing the value of energy-efficient cold storage to smallholder farmers and traders in Kenya, while creating a sustainable business case 👉https://lnkd.in/d83UYt4TAstrid MozesEmil Berning#SustainableColdChain#WHYEE#Decarbonization#Cooling#EfficiencyAction
In this report, Gree Energy Founder and CEO Nicolas Stirer highlights the company’s strategy to combat the agri-food sector’s waste crisis in emerging markets. He emphasizes the readiness of our technology for mass deployment and Gree’s focus on driving sustainable market demand through corporate climate initiatives in 2024 and 2025. Our mission is to compel agri-food processors in the global south to take swift and impactful environmental action.
Discover how Gree Energy is not just innovating but accelerating towards a sustainable future. Read the full report from Unite Impact https://lnkd.in/e8yRGgPv#Biogas#Agrifood#Foodprocessors#RenewableEnergy#wastewater
We are excited to announce the launch of our 2023 Impact Report!
This report illustrates the ripples of progress made towards our mission during a crucial period.
Going beyond traditional WASH, our investees are positively contributing to the wider water nexus. The report highlights key impact results, including:
💧 142,000,000 litres of clean water produced
♻️ 3,197 tonnes of plastic waste processed
👉 10,300 tonnes of COD removed through wastewater management
🚾 1,134 tonnes faecal sludge safely managed
Water is at a critical juncture and we are extremely proud of these achievements which have been made possible by our corporate partners. They have been vital to achieving our mission to tackle water poverty for both people and planet.
If you want to join forces with us, please reach out at [email protected]
Our investees: Jibu Inc. | Mr. Green Trading Africa Kenya Ltd. | GREE Energy | B Corp Certified | Sanivation#waterunite#impactreport#waterplus#accesstowater#cleanwaterandsanitation#wash#plasticpollution#wastewatermanagement
👀 NEW POLICY BRIEF FOR KENYA: In this policy brief we discuss the impacts of #charcoal bans and restrictive supply-side legislations in hashtag
#Kenya, highlighting how livelihood producers are disproportionately impacted by them.
The brief was written by Rebecca Clube, Emmanuel Cyoy, Meron T., and Noah Mayieka. Their recommendations include: a more inclusive approach to legislation so that marginal communities are empowered and not penalised; more harmony between supply side and demand side policies; the creation of alternative livelihood opportunities such as agriculture 🚜 to enable charcoal workers to earn a living in a less environmentally harmful sector.
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Read the whole brief here:
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