Resources
Selected publications and tools on clean cooking markets, finance, impact measurement and carbon markets.
Spark+ framework
How specialist finance, portfolio-company activity and Technical Assistance are intended to contribute to modern cooking access, stronger businesses, climate outcomes and more resilient household-energy markets.
IEA report · 2026
International Energy Agency · 2026
The IEA's latest assessment of progress, policy, financing and energy-security issues shaping the clean cooking transition in Africa.
View reportMarket development · 2023
World Bank / ESMAP · 2023
A practical framework for assessing clean cooking markets, designing interventions and building supply, demand and financing pathways.
View publicationAccess & measurement · 2020
World Bank / ESMAP · 2020
The foundational Multi-Tier Framework assessment of cooking access across affordability, reliability, safety, convenience, exposure and efficiency.
View publicationEnergy-access finance · 2024
Sustainable Energy for All · 2024
An independent assessment of international public finance flows and the financing gaps affecting electricity and clean cooking access.
View publicationClean cooking investment · 2022
MECS / Energy 4 Impact · 2022
A foundational review of financing mechanisms, investor types and barriers to scaling modern energy cooking businesses.
View publicationCarbon markets · 2024
MECS / Climate Focus · 2024
An analysis of clean cooking carbon finance, market integrity, project pipelines and the implications of Article 6.
View publicationBlended finance · 2026
I&P Ecosystems, in partnership with the CC Facility Learning Hub · 2026
An analysis of how blended-finance instruments shape gender- and climate-focused funds in sub-Saharan Africa, including a Spark+ case study.
View publicationIndustry data · 2026
Clean Cooking Alliance · 2026
A data-driven overview of investment and operating trends among for-profit clean cooking companies, with particular attention to carbon finance.
View publicationThe Modern-Cooking Opportunity
Market context, structural shifts and the financing gap that shape the opportunity.
Investment Strategy
Investment mandate, instruments and assessment approach.
Impact
Impact pathways, measurement and portfolio-company-reported outcomes.
Portfolio
Approved investment profiles and selected portfolio listings.
