Improved Cook Stoves

The purpose of the Programme of Activities (PoA) “Improved Cookstoves” is to provide access to improved cookstove/electric cookstoves significantly reducing wood fuel consumption of low-income households by providing them with affordable improved cookstoves in replacement of their low-efficiency three-stone fires and traditional stoves. The geographical boundaries within the PoA includes Benin, Bangladesh, Cote De Ivoire, Ghana, India, Nepal Senegal and Togo. More than 2.6 billion people in world lack access to clean cooking facilities, relying instead on solid wood, charcoal, kerosene or coal as their primary cooking fuel. According to statistics, household air pollution, mostly from cooking smoke, is linked to around 2.5 million premature deaths annually worldwide. 900 million in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), cook with inefficient charcoal and firewood stoves, and non-renewable biomass for cooking constitutes around 60% of SSA's primary energy demand. Also, In Southeast Asia over 1 billion people depend on solid fuels to cover their energy needs, mainly for cooking and heating Firewood extraction is among the most pertinent threats. Apart from contributing to localised forest degradation, it has a colossal effect on life and wellbeing of the communities. The traditional kitchens, with firewood cookstoves are small and in confined space with minimal ventilation. The smoke generated in these kitchens have been known to severely affect respiratory health, especially of the women who primarily manage the kitchen. The project involves wide dissemination of clean cookstoves and improved cookstove depending upon the existing baseline and demographic location within the countries mentioned in the PoA. The project contributes to universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services for households, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and social institutions through access to improved cooking. It also helps in building resilient livelihoods by increasing efficiency in energy consumption.

Project ID

GS13047

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

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Developer

ERDA ILLUMINE LOW CARBON SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED · 13 projects

Country

Côte d'Ivoire

First vintage

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Crediting period

2026-04-01 to 2046-04-02

Estimated yearly credits

149,998

Scale

Small Scale · POA

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

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