Clean cooking
Improved stoves and clean fuels replacing open fires and traditional biomass, cutting indoor air pollution and fuelwood demand.
Regions and countries
The hub's profiled projects and the registry entries are counted together. An entry that names several countries is counted under each.
Africa197
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| Angola | 2 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 |
| Burundi | 4 |
| Cameroon | 2 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 |
| DR Congo | 3 |
| Eritrea | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 5 |
| Gambia | 1 |
| Ghana | 5 |
| Guinea | 1 |
| Kenya | 35 |
| Lesotho | 1 |
| Madagascar | 37 |
| Malawi | 12 |
| Mali | 2 |
| Mozambique | 7 |
| Nigeria | 6 |
| Republic of Congo | 3 |
| Rwanda | 9 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 |
| South Africa | 19 |
| Sudan | 2 |
| Tanzania | 5 |
| Togo | 3 |
| Uganda | 19 |
| Zambia | 10 |
Asia and the Pacific208
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 4 |
| Cambodia | 6 |
| China | 35 |
| India | 112 |
| Indonesia | 2 |
| Laos | 4 |
| Myanmar | 1 |
| Nepal | 22 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 |
| Timor-Leste | 1 |
| Vietnam | 18 |
Projects
ADES Solar and efficient stoves in Madagascar
Solar cookers and efficient wood stoves for households in the south of Madagascar, a Gold Standard certified cookstove project.
Agasco Improved Cookstoves (with Roshan Renewables)
Agasco and Roshan Renewables target 50,000 improved cookstoves distributed per year in rural Nigeria.
Beyond Biomass Tanzania
UpEnergy's metered electric cookstove programme in Tanzania, certified by Gold Standard as GS12082.
Beyond Biomass Uganda
UpEnergy's metered electric cookstove programme in Uganda, certified by Gold Standard as GS11579.
Biogas Pilot Programme, Lao PDR
An SNV-supported pilot building a household biodigester market across five Lao provinces.
Biogas Support Programme (BSP-Nepal)
BSP-Nepal promotes rural biogas technology from its Kathmandu headquarters.
Clean Cooking with Biomass Gasification in Zambia
Waste-biomass pellets and fan-assisted gasifying stoves replacing charcoal for cooking in Zambia, as an activity under a Gold Standard programme.
CPA 3 Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda - Inyenyeri
High-efficiency biomass cookstoves replacing traditional stoves in Rwanda, an activity under a Gold Standard programme of activities.
Efficient and Clean Cooking for Households in Nigeria
A Gold Standard-registered project promoting BURN's Jikokoa fuel-efficient charcoal stove across Nigeria.
Efficient and Clean Cooking for Mozambican Low-Income Households
A Gold Standard-listed improved charcoal cookstove project sold door-to-door in Maputo.
Efficient and Clean Cooking Stoves for Households in Kenya (Jikokoa)
The Jikokoa stove has reached over 3.6 million households in Kenya since 2016, under Gold Standard.
Efficient and Clean Cooking Stoves for Households in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A Gold Standard project distributing highly efficient cookstoves, sold by BURN Manufacturing.
Energy for Agriculture (E4A) biogas market development
SNV's Energy for Agriculture programme develops Zambia's biogas market for households and businesses.
Envirofit India Cookstove Programme
Envirofit India's Gold Standard-verified cookstoves have reduced over a million tonnes of CO2.
FOREST Program clean cooking results-based financing
A World Bank-backed results-based financing programme for clean cooking access in the DRC.
Grouped Projects for Cambodia Improved Cookstove
A grouped Verra project distributing Ecozen cookstoves manufactured in Vietnam.
Grouped Projects for Laos Improved Cookstove
A grouped Verra project distributing Ecozen cookstoves across Lao PDR, registered September 2022.
Grouped Projects for Viet Nam Cookstove Program
A Verra-registered improved-cookstove programme distributing stoves across 30 provinces of Vietnam.
IDCOL Biogas and Bio-fertilizer Program
IDCOL's biogas and bio-fertiliser programme, financed by the World Bank, KfW and SNV since 2006.
IDCOL Improved Cook Stove (ICS) Program
IDCOL's national improved cookstove programme, disseminating 2.46 million stoves by 2020.
Improved Cook Stoves with Carbon Finance, Nepal
An SNV-led carbon-finance cookstove programme targeting 150,000 households in Far West Nepal.
Improved Cookstoves, India (Assam / Madhya Pradesh)
A VCS-registered cookstove project reaching over 72,000 households in Assam and Madhya Pradesh.
India: Efficient Wood Gas Stoves (Sunderbans)
TLUD gasifier stoves cutting firewood use by half in the Sunderbans mangrove region.
Indonesian Domestic Biogas Programme (BIRU)
Hivos and SNV's domestic biogas programme building a commercial biodigester market.
Installation of High-Efficiency Cookstoves in Malawi
Hestian Innovation's Gold Standard-verified cookstove rollout across Malawi's three regions.
Kenya Biogas Programme
A Gold Standard-listed national biogas programme run by African Bioenergy Programmes Ltd since 2009.
KOKO Kenya Clean Cooking Fuel Utility
A bioethanol cooking-fuel utility reaching over a million households in Kenya through automated fuel points.
KOKO Rwanda Clean Cooking Fuel Utility
KOKO Networks' bioethanol cooking-fuel utility, launched with the Rwandan government to serve Kigali.
Myanmar Cookstove Initiative (CDM PoA 10471)
An improved cookstove programme in Myanmar, registered under the CDM in 2019, whose Article 6.4 credits are contested.
National Biodigester Programme (NBP), Cambodia
SNV and the Cambodian government's national biodigester programme, running since 2005.
National Biogas Programme of Ethiopia, Phase II (NBPE+)
SNV-implemented second phase of Ethiopia's national household biogas programme.
National Domestic Biogas Programme (NDBP)
Rwanda's government-run domestic and institutional biogas programme, running since 2007.
Nicaragua Cookstove & Reforestation Programme (with Proleña)
A 25-year partnership manufacturing clean cookstoves and reforesting Nicaragua's Dry Corridor.
ONIL Stove Programme, Guatemala
HELPS International's ONIL wood-burning stove, an Ashden Award winner reaching 80,000 households by 2009.
Papua New Guinea Healthier Homes, Healthier Forests
Described by Carbon Herald as the first carbon-finance cookstove project in Papua New Guinea, distributing stoves at no cost.
Patsari Improved Cookstove Project
GIRA's Patsari cookstove, developed for Michoacán's Purépecha region since 2003.
Prime Cookstoves (Clean Stoves Initiative Indonesia / Low Emissions Enterprise)
Kopernik's Prime cookstoves cut wood use by half for over 10,000 users in Indonesia.
Proyecto Mirador
The 'Dos por Tres' stove programme, Gold Standard-certified since 2009, built with Trees, Water & People.
Qori Q'oncha Improved Cookstoves Diffusion Programme
A Gold Standard programme installing improved cookstoves across the high Andes since 2008.
SNV Vietnam Biogas Programme
SNV's national biogas programme built over 158,000 digesters across Vietnam since 2003.
Tanzania Domestic Biogas Programme (TDBP)
SNV-managed national biogas programme, part of the Africa Biogas Partnership Programme since 2009.
TASC Improved Cookstoves for Rural Zambia
A Gold Standard-listed cookstove project that has distributed over 145,000 stoves in rural Zambia.
Tubeho Neza
A national clean-cookstove programme aiming to reach 2.3 million rural Rwandan households.
Tuki Wasi Programme
Described by UNEP-CCC as Peru's first Article 6 registration for clean cooking, scaling up improved cookstoves nationwide.
Uganda Domestic Biogas Programme (Biogas Solutions Uganda Ltd)
Biogas Solutions Uganda Ltd's national domestic biogas programme, running since 2009.
Utsil Naj, Guatemala
Microsol's Gold Standard-certified cookstove programme across five Guatemalan departments.
Utsil Naj, Mexico
Microsol's Gold Standard-certified cookstove programme across six Mexican states.