Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda (ECOTRUST) CPA No.1

The PoA GS 973 – ECOTRUST CPA 1 GS 3030 is one of a number of small-scale CPAs that are included under the ICSEA PoA GS 973. The project is CDM and Gold Standard accredited. The CPA is part of CDM Sectoral Scope 3: Energy demand, AMS-II.G version 3, “Energy Efficiency Measures in Thermal Applications of Non Renewable Biomass", as well as Sectoral Scope 1: Fuel switch, AMS-I.E version 6, “Switch from Non-Renewable Biomass for Thermal Applications by the User".ECOTRUST CPA 1 GS 3030 is active in the marketing, distribution, tracking and maintenance of portable/fixed, domestic/institutional improved cook stoves (ICS), using charcoal/firewood/renewable biomass fuels.This CPA is disseminating ICS throughout Uganda. The primary means to uniquely identify the activities under the CPA is by means of buyer information collected through Sales Agreements. This includes stove serial number, customer name, address, date of sale, and where practical and appropriate also GPS coordinates.The overall objective of ECOTRUST CPA 1 is to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the dissemination of ICS as a local, sustainable energy source and the development of a commercially viable, market-oriented ICS sector.

Project ID

GS3030

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

AMS-I.E. Switch from non-renewable biomass for thermal applications by the user

Developer

Uganda Carbon Bureau · 10 projects

Country

Uganda

First vintage

—

Crediting period

2012-09-15 to 2019-09-14

Estimated yearly credits

28,000

Scale

Small Scale · VPA

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Coordinates

1.0000, 32.0000

Source

Gold Standard registry (public API)

Note

Same coordinates are shared by 5 registry entries of one programme