Promotion of Access to Improved Cookstoves in Uíge Province

The project activity involves the distribution and promotion of access to Improved Cookstoves (ICSs) among local communities based in rural and peri-urban areas of the province of Uíge, in the Northern part of Angola, where currently most of households still rely on inefficient and pollutant traditional cooking techniques. The project aims to replace the traditional cooking mechanisms used by local people (three-stone fire or rudimental stoves) with ICSs that require less fuel and decrease biomass combustion emissions, with a consequent reduction of health hazards coming from indoor smoke pollution. The introduction of more efficient stoves will help to limit the demand for woody biomass, reducing the unsustainable use of forests and halting deforestation that is progressing rapidly in the Country. The ICSs deployment will also have a positive impact on women’s lives, reducing the time they spend collecting woody biomass and cooking the meals, giving them the possibility to invest their time more effectively. As a core activity, the project also involves the implementation of a specific component on health promotion at community level and local health system strengthening that will be performed in close cooperation with the Provincial Health Authorities and with direct involvement and training of local Community Health Workers. At community level, ICSs distribution will be integrated with the promotion of good nutritional, basic hygiene and health practices at all stages of the individual’s life, thus including the entire community, and preventing malaria in children under 5 and pregnant women. At provincial health facility level, the activities will focus on health staff capacity building, rehabilitation of facilities’ malnutrition rooms and units and provision of annual stock of micronutrients for pregnancy and children to respond to the chronic scarcity of these products. Through the implementation of engagement and training processes dedicated to the local communities involved in the project, all the households receiving the ICS will be aware of the environmental improvements and the carbon finance benefit generated by their effective use of the stove. The project will contribute to pursuing 8 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The average annual GHG emission reduction expected with the implementation of the project is around 165,415 tCO2e per year considering two crediting periods.

Project ID

GS12939

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

Eni S.p.A. · 5 projects

Country

Angola

First vintage

—

Crediting period

2024-08-19 to 2029-08-18

Estimated yearly credits

165,415

Scale

Large Scale · Standalone

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

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