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CARBON PROJECT

"Commonland African Improved Cookstove Programme – VPA 01 (Peace Parks and Simalaha Community Conservancy)"

Gold Standard · GS10886 · Zambia

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
187,306
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
153,306
82% of issued
Remaining
34,000
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

The goal of this VPA is to distribute improved cookstoves (ICS) in the households/small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Zambia. The project ICS combust biomass fuels more efficiently, reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and Particulate Matter (PM) emissions, thus improving the indoor air quality in project households/SMEs. Due to the higher thermal efficiency of the ICS relative to the traditional/baseline stoves, the ICS reduce the amount of non-renewable biomass fuel required for meeting similar thermal energy needs. In the absence of the proposed VPA, inefficient traditional / 3-stone fires /charcoal pots would have been used for cooking. Thus, replacement of the baseline inefficient stoves with project ICS shall reduce non-renewable biomass fuel consumption and hence equivalent amount of GHG emissions.

The record

Project ID
GS10886
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption v3.1
Developer
Commonland B.V. · 2 projects
Country
Zambia
First vintage
2020
Crediting period
2020-07-23 to 2025-07-22
Estimated yearly credits
63,153
Scale
Large Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption · Goal 1: No Poverty
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

households
Basis: Project description (Gold Standard registry). This lists who the project describes working with; it is not a check of benefit-sharing.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption · Goal 1: No Poverty

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2020
Crediting period
2020-07-23 to 2025-07-22
Credits issued
187,306 (retired 153,306)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map

The registry gives Zambia as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.

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Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.
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