GS5562 VPA 4: Efficient and Clean Cooking for Mozambican Low-Income Households

The project is developed by Mozambique Carbon Initiatives LDA (MozCarbon) under the framework of the GS PoA “Efficient And Clean Cooking For Mozambican Low Income Households PoA” and it foresees to distribute energy efficient cookstoves to peri-urban areas of Maputo in Mozambique. This VPA aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions through the replacement of traditional cookstoves by improved cookstoves. The objective is to tackle major problems related to cooking in Mozambique: deforestation for wood and charcoal production, major incidence of respiratory diseases resulting from indoor air pollution and high expenditure in fuel for cooking. In general, the project will contribute to the broader Sustainable Development Goals by ensuring environmental sustainability, reducing child mortality rates; contribute to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by reducing the number of people with income less than 1 USD by establishing a platform for employment. These objectives will be achieved through the active engagement of all stakeholders including the civil society, the government, the private sector, and the end beneficiaries of the stoves, which are the household members.

Project ID

GS12068

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

AMS-II.G. Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass

Developer

Mozambique Carbon Initiative LDA · 8 projects

Country

Mozambique

First vintage

—

Crediting period

2023-03-02 to 2028-03-01

Estimated yearly credits

55,021

Scale

Small Scale · VPA

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

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