High Impact Cookstoves in Malawi by Ripple Africa

The goal of the proposed Programme of Activities (PoA) is to disseminate Improved Cookstoves (ICS) to households in Malawi. The project ICS are high efficiency biomass cookstoves that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and particulate matter (PM), thus improving indoor air quality in project households as well as many other benefits. Due to the higher thermal efficiency of the ICS relative to the traditional 3 stone fires (baseline stoves), the ICS reduces the amount of non-renewable biomass fuel required for meeting similar thermal energy needs. In the absence of the proposed (PoA), inefficient traditional 3-stone fires would continue to be used which is the dominant firewood end-use system in Malawi. The project ICS will replace the low efficiency 3-stone fires and emission reductions are achieved through improving household energy efficiency and reducing the consumption of non-renewable biomass.

Project ID

GS12151

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 V4.0

Developer

CONSERVATION CARBON MALAWI PTY LTD · 2 projects

Country

Malawi

First vintage

—

Crediting period

2022-12-16 to 2027-12-15

Scale

Small Scale · POA

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

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