PoA - Energy-Efficient Development for Africa

In many developing countries cooking is done by using thermally inefficient cookstoves or three stone fires consuming lots of fuels, especially non-renewable firewood and charcoal . Additionally, more than one billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water and a high percentage of them boil their water to purify it for consumption. The high level of firewood collection and charcoal production is leading to deforestation and land degradation especially when coupled with the high population densities and high population growth rates. Biomass combustion is also a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions responsible for the enforcement of climate change. In addition to the environmental consequences, there are serious health implications related to the inefficient cooking/water boiling methods through exposure to smoke and other emission as well as with the consumption of non-safe drinking water. Lastly, families spend a lot of time collecting firewood or spend a lot of money in buying charcoal or other fuels. The aim of this small scale Programme of Activities (PoA) is to distribute energy-efficient cookstoves to households, SMEs, institutions and/or communities cooking with non-renewable firewood and safe water supply and treatment technologies to households, SMEs, institutions and/or communities boiling water with non-renewable biomass or fossil fuels and/or lacking access to safe water. The distributed technologies will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by allowing the end-users to cook the same amount of food using less non-renewable biomass, and by removing the need to boil water as a form of purification before consumption.

Project ID

GS12102

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

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Developer

Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) · 44 projects

Country

Mozambique

First vintage

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Crediting period

2022-10-28 to 2027-10-27

Scale

Small Scale · POA

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

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.