Clean cooking projects and the household energy they replace.
Clean cooking projects replace open fires and inefficient stoves with cleaner models. They reduce fuel use, indoor smoke and time spent collecting wood. Their carbon claims have been among the most debated in the voluntary market, mainly over whether stoves are used as intended.
These articles follow cookstove projects, methodology debates and the health and livelihood benefits they bring.
The South African building materials producer is leveraging verified offsets from clean cooking initiatives to advance environmental targets while generating community impact.
A coalition of 130 organizations is demanding suspension of cookstove credits, signaling early credibility questions for Article 6 mechanisms.
Parallel developments in clean cooking standards and Article 6 implementation signal market maturation amid efforts to strengthen project integrity.
Verra issues its first CCP-labelled carbon units for a Nigerian cookstove project, setting a new benchmark for quality in the carbon market.
Carbon credit issuances jumped in Q2 2025, with cookstove projects and policy reforms driving the surge, according to SCB Group's latest market report.
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Nigeria is launching 80M clean cookstoves, starting in Lagos, to cut emissions, boost carbon credits, and unlock billions in carbon market revenue.
Updated MoFuSS model refines firewood data, addressing over-crediting concerns in carbon markets and supporting sustainable clean cookstove projects.
Kenya finalises its carbon market framework, boosting projects like DGB Group’s Hongera Cookstoves. LoA approvals under Article 6 are set to begin soon.
Discover how the Guteka Neza project in Rwanda raised €1.3 million in just a few days through crowdfunding. Learn about its impact on reducing emissions and improving lives.
Discover how Base Carbon's Rwanda Cookstoves Project is setting industry benchmarks by generating the first-ever Article 6 Authorized carbon credits.