Elucidating Finance Gaps through the Clean Cooking Value Chain

Olivia Coldrey (), Paul Lant and Peta Ashworth
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Olivia Coldrey: Energy & Poverty Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Paul Lant: Energy & Poverty Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Peta Ashworth: Institute for Energy Transition, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-21

Abstract: The current supply of finance to enable universal access to clean fuels and technology for cooking does not match the scale of Sustainable Development Goal 7’s access challenge. To date, little attention has been given to the modalities of funding the clean cooking transition at the macro level. Grounded in a review of academic and recent grey literature, this study’s research objective was to provide a granular understanding of gaps in finance flows and financial instruments, mapped against the innovation cycle of companies that provide clean cooking solutions. In the context of wide-ranging barriers to the clean cooking sector’s development, we found a chronic shortfall of finance for companies at the early stages of their business growth and poorly targeted public finance to support innovation and mitigate risk for later-stage investors. This is exacerbated by limited data sharing and knowledge exchange among a small number of funders. We recommend reforms to public funding for clean cooking enterprises, especially for research, development and demonstration (RD&D) and innovation, to mitigate risk for later-stage investors, as well as more effective data sharing, to help catalyse sufficient, appropriate finance through the value chain for universal access.

Keywords: SDG7; clean cooking; energy transition; energy finance; climate finance; R&D and innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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