Date: 13 May 2026
Organizer: IRENA
Description: Clean cooking is receiving growing attention globally, with financing and investment recognised as pivotal to reversing the slow progress and achieving SDG 7. However, investment data on the sector remain scarce, and existing datasets often lack the project-level detail that governments and investors need for informed decisions. As a result, capital is sometimes directed toward enterprises unable or unwilling to absorb it, or delivered using instruments that do not match companies’ needs, hindering effective disbursement of already limited funds. Without targeted efforts to generate and share robust data, initiatives directed towards garnering support and investments towards clean cooking are likely to face reduced success.
