GS5658 VPA 33: Access to energy for local development and women's empowerment in Cabo Delgado Province Mozambique
Gold Standard · GS11029 · Mozambique
About this project
The Italian NGO AVSI Foundation in collaboration with the Italian based consultancy company Carbonsink, is planning to distribute energy efficient cookstoves in the district of Balama, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. The distribution of cookstoves started in the end of March 2020 and under this VPA is foreseen to include at least 2.000 fuel-efficient cookstoves. Besides reducing greenhouse gas emission and contributing to climate change mitigation in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal nro 13, the project is foreseen to provide several local benefits in the project area
The record
- Project ID
- GS11029
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- GS Simplified Methodology for Clean and Efficient Cookstoves v1.
- Developer
- Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) · 44 projects
- Country
- Mozambique
- First vintage
- 2021
- Crediting period
- 2020-03-22 to 2025-03-21
- Estimated yearly credits
- 7,051
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2021
- Crediting period
- 2020-03-22 to 2025-03-21
- Credits issued
- 20,769 (retired 18,659)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
The registry gives Mozambique as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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