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Improved cookstoves, Klima-Kollekte, India

India, Klima-Kollekte

ClimatePartner ID: 1031

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Improved cookstovesGet to know the project

Klimaschutz und Armutsbekämpfung kennzeichnen die Projekte der Klima-Kollekte, die einen Beitrag zur Lebensverbesserung armer Haushalte leisten. Traditionell sind in Indien Frauen für den Haushalt und somit für die Zubereitung der Mahlzeiten zuständig. Für die Frauen in Visakhapatam wird das Kochen allerdings zunehmend beschwerlicher: Einerseits müssen sie lange Wanderungen auf sich nehmen, um Holz zu sammeln und andererseits sind die Frauen beim Kochen in den Hütten starkem Rauch ausgesetzt, der die Atemwege angreift und die Augen reizt. Deshalb fertigt die Partnerorganisation LAYA Ressource Centre 3.750 energiesparende Kochstellen aus Lehm in 109 Dörfern an. Diese verbrauchen 25 Prozent weniger Holz als traditionelle Öfen und können auch mit anderem Brennmaterial aus Biomasse beheizt werden.

10,000 t CO₂Estimated annual emissions reductions

Project Standard

The project contributes to the the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals

How improved cookstoves contribute to climate action

According to a statistic from the World Health Organization (WHO, 2024) around a third of the global population still relies on unsafe and environmentally harmful cooking methods. This includes, for example, cooking over open fires or using polluting cooking fuels, such as coal or kerosene. Improved cookstoves tackle this problem by using thermal energy more efficiently.

Depending on the model, an improved cookstove can reduce fuel consumption by up to 70 percent, which significantly saves CO₂ emissions and can lower the pressure on local forests as less firewood needs to be harvested.

Improved cookstove projects allow the distribution of the - often simple - devices made from metal or clay to households, small enterprises or community facilities. Especially for households, this has an impact beyond the CO₂ reduction: better indoor air quality decreases respiratory diseases and families can save time and money as less fuel is needed. Improved cookstoves projects in the ClimatePartner portfolio are registered with international standards.

The project aims to contribute to these United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Project facts

Climate projects generally fall into one of three groups: carbon reduction, carbon removal, or carbon avoidance. Carbon reduction projects reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by a specific activity (e.g., improved cookstoves). Carbon removal projects remove carbon from the atmosphere by sequestering it in carbon sinks (e.g., reforestation). Carbon avoidance projects avoid greenhouse gas emissions entering the atmosphere (e.g., protecting forests from deforestation with REDD+ projects).

Climate projects demonstrably reduce, remove, or avoid greenhouse gas emissions. This is achieved with various technologies, ranging from nature-based solutions to social impact projects and renewable energies.

Most standards on the voluntary carbon market list their projects in public registries. The registries are used to store project data and track issuances and retirements of verified emission reductions. The registry ID can be used to identify projects in the standard registry.

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This figure shows the estimated annual emission reductions calculated before the project started. The actual number of emissions saved in each monitoring period may differ. The background to this process is that in order to be registered as a climate project, the project operator must submit the calculation of the estimated emissions savings using the ex-ante methodology in a Project Design Document (PDD), which is similar to a business plan. This calculation is validated by an independent auditor. The values determined in the PDD are recalculated during regular monitoring periods based on actual project performance, documented in a monitoring report, and verified again by independent auditors at the end of the monitoring period to ensure a robust process. Independent verification thus provides ex-post verification of actual emission reductions. Verified emission reductions are not distributed until the savings have actually been made.

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