Uganda Cook Bright Initiative

The program aims to bring a positive impact in the livelihoods of beneficiaries, by disseminating improved cooking devices in Uganda. The project ICSs' will replace traditional / inefficient biomass stoves in the baseline. The prevalent use of traditional / inefficient cooking technologies in Uganda results in significant GHG emissions from use of non-renewable biomass (NRB) sourced unsustainably. Furthermore, the traditional solid biomass-based cooking releases significant amounts of smoke, particulate matter (PM), exposing the primary cook to hazardous levels of indoor air pollution (IAP). The project ICSs are designed to be thermally more efficient than baseline stoves and hence reduce fuel consumption, cooking time and smoke, PM emissions. Thus, the PoA reduces GHG emission, while simultaneously creating cleaner cooking environment for women and reduced IAP exposure to women and children. Impact Carbon serves as the CME for this Program of Activity, while the Cook Bright Initiative acts as the VPA implementer.

Project ID

GS23149

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

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Developer

Impact Carbon · 115 projects

Country

Uganda

First vintage

—

Crediting period

2024-02-02 to 2044-02-01

Estimated yearly credits

300,000

Scale

Large Scale · POA

Sustainable Development Goals

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

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

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