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CARBON PROJECT

VPA1 - Improved Charcoal Cookstove in Ashanti and Central Regions of Ghana by Ecolinks

Gold Standard · GS12871 · Ghana

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
1,735
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
0% of issued
Remaining
1,735
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

The purpose of this VPA is to disseminate clean cooking technologies with the distribution of Improved Cookstoves (ICS) type GYAPA, that will substitute traditional three-stones cookstoves in Ghana, exclusive in the Ashantis Region and Central Region. This switch will reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG emissions from the burning of non-renewable woody biomass and/or charcoal, create a healthier environment for the households by reducing the amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and reduce physical risks associated with the operation of the cooking device. In Ghana, approximately 75% of households continue to rely on open-fire options for their cooking needs, resulting in an average of 1 million deaths annually caused by kitchen smoke and a 15% increase in forest degradation due to the harvesting of fuel.1 The purpose of the VPA is to disseminate the use of ICS in the Ashanti and Central Region of the Republic of Ghana, replacing traditional three-stone cookstoves with more efficient ICS.

The record

Project ID
GS12871
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
EcoLinks Co. Ltd · 9 projects
Country
Ghana
First vintage
2025
Crediting period
2025-06-01 to 2030-05-31
Estimated yearly credits
125,932
Scale
Large Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
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 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2025
Crediting period
2025-06-01 to 2030-05-31
Credits issued
1,735 (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 Ghana 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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