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GS10789 GS 11673 RVPA-65: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Nigeria

Gold Standard · GS12505 · Nigeria

Credits issued
185,574
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
0% of issued
Remaining
185,574
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

This VPA deploys highly efficient improved cookstoves (ICS), known as ‘Jikokoas’ reducing woody biomass consumption for urban and peri-urban households in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The scenario existing prior to the implementation of the project is the use of very inefficient traditional cookstoves or 3- stone fires, consuming a lot of non-renewable charcoal and firewood. The high biomass consumption has negative impacts on the environment leading to deforestation and land degradation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) emissions, loss of soil fertility and soils’ reduced ability of water retention. Further, indoor air pollution through health-damaging pollutants while combusting firewood and charcoal result in diseases like e.g. pneumonia, stroke, ischemic heart diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and lung cancer.

The record

Project ID
GS12505
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
Global Cookstoves 2 Limited · 4 projects
Country
Nigeria
First vintage
2024
Crediting period
2024-05-14 to 2029-05-13
Estimated yearly credits
89,011
Scale
Large Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 4: Quality Education
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 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 4: Quality Education

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2024
Crediting period
2024-05-14 to 2029-05-13
Credits issued
185,574 (retired 0)

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 Nigeria 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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