肯尼亚Koko网络(Koko Networks)于2024年关闭, 导致150万户家庭因政府拒绝给予关键许可及碳信用, Kenya’s Koko Networks shut down in 2024, leaving 1.5 million households without clean cooking fuel after government denied critical permits and carbon credits.

肯尼亚的Koko网络(Koko Networks)是一家生物乙醇燃料供应商,为150多万户家庭提供服务。 2024年初,在政府扣留进口许可证和碳信用授权后,该公司关闭,切断了基本融资。 Kenya’s Koko Networks, a bioethanol fuel provider serving over 1.5 million households, shut down in early 2024 after the government withheld import permits and carbon credit authorization, cutting off essential financing. 这一关闭结束了长达十年的清洁烹饪倡议,使Kibera等非正规住区的用户没有负担得起的安全烹饪选择,被迫返回有害的木炭或昂贵的液化天然气。 The closure, which ended a decade-long clean cooking initiative, left users in informal settlements like Kibera without affordable, safe cooking options, forcing a return to harmful charcoal or expensive liquefied gas. 专家说,失败暴露了依赖碳信用模式的缺陷,这些模式将市场机制置于人民健康和经济稳定之上,要求以可靠、可再生的电力和家庭需求为中心解决问题。 Experts say the failure exposes flaws in carbon credit-dependent models that prioritize market mechanisms over people’s health and economic stability, calling for solutions centered on reliable, renewable electricity and household needs.