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CARBON PROJECT

Sterling Improved Cookstoves Carbon Project

Gold Standard · GS23361 · Ghana

All projects Open in the registry
Credits issued
0
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
—
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
In the pipeline
Listed

About this project

In most of the countries on the African continent including Ghana, cooking is done on either 3-stone fires or very inefficient traditional cookstoves, consuming a lot of fuel, in particular non-renewable firewood and charcoal. The high biomass consumption has negative impacts on the environment leading to deforestation and land degradation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) emissions, loss of soil fertility and soils’ reduced ability of water retention. Further, indoor air pollution through health-damaging pollutants while combusting firewood and charcoal result in diseases like e.g. pneumonia, stroke, ischemic heart diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and lung cancer. The purpose of a ‘STERLING IMPROVED COOKSTOVES PROJECT Carbon Project Activities included under the Gold Standard’, is to disseminate highly efficient improved cookstoves (ICS to urban, peri-urban and/or rural users (households, communities, institutions, or SMEs) in Ghana. Several greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, are produced as a result of the incomplete combustion of biomass as used in cook stoves. More GHG emissions result from the use of biomass which is non-renewable. ICS improves heat transfer efficiency as compared to the baseline traditional cook stoves, thereby reducing both the amount of woody biomass used by unit appliances implemented and the emission of GHGs.

The record

Project ID
GS23361
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) · 44 projects
Country
Ghana
First vintage
—
Crediting period
2025-09-01 to 2030-08-31
Estimated yearly credits
78,446
Scale
Large Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 1: No Poverty
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

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

Status and timeline

Registry status
Listed (In the pipeline)
First credits (vintage)
none yet
Crediting period
2025-09-01 to 2030-08-31
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 Ghana as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.

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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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