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Improved Cook Stove Project 1, Nkhata Bay District, Malawi - CER Conversion
Verra (VCS) · VCS3937 · Malawi
Credits issued
500
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
72
14% of issued
Remaining
428
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Units transferred from approved GHG prog...
The record
- Project ID
- VCS3937
- Registry
- Verra (VCS)
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- AMS-II.G. Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass
- Developer
- Multiple Project Proponents · 97 projects
- Country
- Malawi
- First vintage
- 2017
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Registry documents (the project design document and validation report) normally cover consultation and benefit-sharing; open the record in the registry to read them.
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Units transferred from approved GHG program (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2017
- Credits issued
- 500 (retired 72)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map
The registry gives Malawi as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other cookstoves projects in Malawi
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning c... VCS2372 · Verification approval requested | 4,444,642 |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning c... VCS2342 · Registered | 2,803,221 |
| Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Sa... VCS2712 · Withdrawn | 1,935,244 |
| Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Sa... VCS2711 · Registered | 707,458 |
| M'tetezi Improved cook-stoves Balaka District... GS4539 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 365,063 |
| GS2444 "GS1265" African Biomass Energy Conserv... GS2444 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 307,967 |
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.