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GS10789 GS 10790 RVPA-33: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in DRC

Gold Standard · GS12510 · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Credits issued
0
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
—
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design

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 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 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
GS12510
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
Global Cookstoves Ltd. · 12 projects
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
First vintage
—
Crediting period
2024-05-02 to 2029-05-01
Estimated yearly credits
73,661
Scale
Large Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · 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 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 4: Quality Education

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
First credits (vintage)
none yet
Crediting period
2024-05-02 to 2029-05-01
Credits issued
0 (retired 0)

Location

Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map

The registry gives Democratic Republic of the Congo 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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