GS5658 VPA 2: Improved Cookstoves for Rural Families in Gilé Reserve Area Mozambique

COSV and CarbonSink are planning to distribute energy efficient cookstoves to approximately 4,000 families within 14 rural communities living in the buffer area of Gilè Natural Reserve, in the province of Zambezia in Mozambique. Most families in the area cook with traditional three stone fires which consume large amounts of firewood. This means that a lot of time is spent for the firewood collection. The firewood collection is also causing deforestation and land degradation. Firewood combustion is moreover a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions responsible for climate change. In addition to the environmental consequences, there are serious health implications related with the inefficient cooking methods through the exposure on the smoke and other emissions. The project will be attempting to address these issues by distributing energy efficient cookstoves at a subsided rate to households. The energy efficient stoves will allow households to cook the same amount of food using less firewood.

Project ID

GS5812

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

GS Methodology for Improved Cookstoves and Kitchen Regimes v1.

Developer

Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) · 44 projects

Country

Mozambique

First vintage

—

Crediting period

2017-06-07 to 2022-06-07

Estimated yearly credits

5,907

Scale

Micro Scale · VPA

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Coordinates

-16.8668, 38.3027

Source

Gold Standard registry (public API), corrected

Note

Registry gave latitude 38.302726, longitude -16.866837 (swap); corrected to the only variant that falls inside Mozambique