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CARBON PROJECT

GS5658 VPA 36: "Access to energy for local development and resilience building in Uganda"

Gold Standard · GS11043 · Uganda

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
17,920
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
14,672
82% of issued
Remaining
3,248
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

The micro-scale Voluntary Project Activity (VPA) is planning the distribute fuel-efficient cookstoves in Northern and Eastern Uganda. Most families in Uganda cook with traditional inefficient cookstoves that consume large amounts of wood-based fuels (firewood or charcoal). This project is targeting the urban and peri-urban context of Northern and Eastern Regions of Uganda, where families tend to use charcoal as the main cooking fuel despite the fact that the price of charcoal has increased over time. The production of charcoal is increasing the rate of deforestation and land degradation, and their combustion is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions responsible for climate change. In addition to the environmental consequences, there are serious health implications related with the inefficient cooking methods through the exposure on the smoke and other emissions. The project will address the challenges above by reducing the consume of charcoal during the cooking activities. Besides reducing greenhouse gas emission and contributing to climate change mitigation in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal number 13 (“Climate Action”), the project activities are foreseen to contribute also other sustainable development goals.

The record

Project ID
GS11043
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
Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) · 44 projects
Country
Uganda
First vintage
2022
Crediting period
2022-03-06 to 2027-03-05
Estimated yearly credits
7,568
Scale
Micro Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
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 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2022
Crediting period
2022-03-06 to 2027-03-05
Credits issued
17,920 (retired 14,672)

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 Uganda 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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