What changes in the kitchen
A more efficient stove can reduce the fuel needed for the same cooking task, lowering household fuel costs or collection time and reducing smoke exposure.
Cookstove carbon credits
Improved cookstove carbon credits
A cookstove carbon credit represents one tonne of CO2e emissions reductions verified and issued under the applicable carbon programme. CO2balance projects support more efficient household cooking, with lower fuel demand and continued use central to delivery.
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Cookstove projects
Lower fuel use, measured in everyday kitchens
An improved stove is designed to provide the same useful cooking energy with less fuel than the baseline technology. The climate outcome depends on the stove being appropriate for local cooking practices, reaching households and continuing to be used.
Project design begins with the cooking practices, fuels and supply chains in each location. The stove has to work for the household before it can work as a carbon project.
Cookstoves in practice
Designed for the way people cook
The climate benefit depends on a stove fitting local cooking practices and continuing to replace the baseline technology. Project design therefore starts with households, fuels and the meals prepared each day.
Made and supported locally
Local production and distribution can support skills and livelihoods while keeping project technology closer to the people who use it.
What the project must demonstrate
Distribution records alone are not sufficient. Adoption, usage and performance need to be monitored in line with the applicable methodology.
Project experience
Cookstove projects in practice
Guatemala
Improved household cookstoves designed around local cooking practices and lower firewood demand, with carbon finance supporting delivery and monitoring.
Rwanda
Efficient household stoves supporting lower firewood use and reduced cooking smoke, with project monitoring connecting delivery to climate outcomes.
These project stories explain our delivery experience. Our team will confirm current status and credit availability for any purchase.
Process
What sits behind a cookstove credit
The work continues after a stove reaches a household. Project teams monitor real-world use and maintain the records required for independent verification.
Technology and context
The stove design, baseline technology, fuel and local cooking practices are considered when the project and monitoring approach are developed.
Manufacture and distribution
Stoves are produced or sourced, quality checked and distributed with the household information needed for effective use.
Adoption and usage
Field monitoring considers whether the stove is being used, how it performs in practice and whether the baseline technology remains in use.
Verification and issuance
Monitoring evidence is assessed against the applicable methodology and independently verified before the resulting credits are issued.
Quality and evidence
Distribution alone is not enough
Cookstove credits depend on documented distribution, adoption and continued use. CO2balance field teams collect project data against the monitoring requirements of the applicable methodology before reductions are independently verified.
- Stove production or distribution records tied to the participating project area.
- Field monitoring focused on adoption, usage and the continued use of baseline stoves.
- Monitoring evidence prepared against the requirements of the applicable carbon methodology.
- Independent verification before the resulting emissions reductions are issued as credits.
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Questions
Questions we are often asked
Straight answers on project fit, verification and what happens next.
How do cookstove projects reduce emissions?
Improved cookstoves reduce fuel demand, which can lower emissions when usage and performance are properly monitored.
What monitoring evidence should buyers review?
Review evidence of adoption, continued use and stove performance, including whether households still use baseline stoves. Distribution figures alone do not establish the emissions reductions.
Which project details should we check?
Check the project, carbon programme, applicable methodology, monitoring period and independent verification records for the credits being considered. Our standards and integrity guide explains the checks.
How do we check availability and retirement?
Share your volume, timing and project preferences with our team. We will confirm available options, pricing and the retirement arrangements and evidence before you decide to purchase.
Ask about current cookstove credits
Discuss your volume, timing and project preferences. Our team can confirm current cookstove credit availability, project evidence, pricing and retirement arrangements.