Promotion of Improved and Efficient Cooking Practices in the host country of Uganda

The proposed GS4GG project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by distributing fuel-efficient Improved Cook Stoves (ICS) to the needy communities of Uganda. In Uganda, less than 6% of the population has access to clean cooking. Specifically, 11.9% and 3.1% of Uganda's urban and rural residents have access to clean cooking fuels. This accounts for around 95% of households relying on either wood or charcoal as their primary energy source for cooking. Breaking this down further, about 68% of the Ugandan population use firewood as their primary source of cooking fuel, primarily in urban and peri-urban regions. The scenario in rural areas is more devastating, with 85% of the population using firewood as their cooking fuel. This heavy dependency on biomass has significantly burdened Uganda’s forest, contributing to one of the highest deforestation rates in Sub-saharan Africa. The country’s forest cover stands at 11.66%, but it is decreasing at an annual rate of 1.44%. A 2016-2017 National Household Survey found that 63% of firewood users collected the fuel from forests. Moreover, indoor air pollution from biomass use in residential cooking poses a serious health risk, leading to increased air-borne diseases and premature deaths. In 2022, around 3.7 million premature deaths were mainly attributed to household pollution from cooking smoke. While these stoves will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they also provide co-benefits to users.

Project ID

GS23170

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

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Developer

PERSISTENTCLIMATE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED · 2 projects

Country

Uganda

First vintage

2024

Crediting period

2024-01-25 to 2029-01-24

Estimated yearly credits

90,781

Scale

Large Scale · Standalone

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 1: No Poverty

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.