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CARBON PROJECT

GS12693 VPA-4 Access to Clean Water in Benin

Gold Standard · GS13027 · Benin

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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

Access to clean drinking water is still a challenging issue which needs immediate resolution for existence. More than 50% of Beninese living in semi-urban environment do not have access to drinking water. Children suffer from waterborne diseases like diarrhoea and cholera. Girls drop out of school to trek kilometres every day to fetch water. Around 97% of rural households rely on firewood for cooking which also suggests that firewood is the only source used for purifying water for drinking purpose. People are often exposed to suppressed demand in absence of purification technology and efforts involved in it. The World Bank has provided International Development Association (IDA) additional financing of $250 million apart from earlier finances to enable Benin to continue its largescale program to provide water access to rural communities. This operation is also in line with the 2021-2026 Government Action Plan and with the World Bank Group’s 2018-2023 Country Partnership Framework for Benin evidencing government focus on provision of clean drinking water to its people. The project involves water treatment technology for households, that otherwise boil unsafe drinking water using non-renewable sources and/or depend on the consumption of unsafe water (issue of supressed demand) due to various barrier factors or use energy exhaustive methods to purify water thereby contributing to the emissions by Benin.

The record

Project ID
GS13027
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Clean Water · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
ERDA ILLUMINE LOW CARBON SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED · 13 projects
Country
Benin
First vintage
—
Crediting period
2026-04-01 to 2031-03-31
Estimated yearly credits
58,060
Scale
Small Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdsschoolslocal communities
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 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
First credits (vintage)
none yet
Crediting period
2026-04-01 to 2031-03-31
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 Benin as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.

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GS11968 · Gold Standard Certified Project
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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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