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GS5047 VPA1 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Virunga Mountain Gorilla Cookstove Project Burera I
- Standard
- GS
- Methodology
- GS-TPDDTEC (GS)
- Registry
- GS-959 ↗ · current registry ID: GS5434 · Registered
- Country
- Rwanda
- Credit type
- Energy Efficiency - Domestic
- Developer
- Likano Project Development GmbH
Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 4 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.
Assessment
Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.
Findings
Evidence
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Airlines (CORSIA)
No CORSIA label on the registry
Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.
Source: registry label · read on 2 Nov 2026
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Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)
Methodology approved by ICVCMGS TPDDTEC
The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.
Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Nov 2026
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Removal or reduction
Emission reduction or avoidance
Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.
Source: registry label · read on 2 Nov 2026
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Paris Agreement (Article 6)
Not published
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Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2,018 | 2,018 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5,936 | 5,936 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5,535 | 5,535 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 5,041 | 4,978 | 63 | |
| 2021 | 4,608 | 4,588 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 3,534 | 3,298 | 236 | |
| 2023 | 5,923 | 5,480 | 443 | |
| 2024 | 3,215 | 1,028 | 2,187 | |
| Total | 35,810 | 32,861 | 2,949 |
Retired by
- Weiling GmbH11,057 t
- Erwin Hymer Group SE1,135 t
- DIHK Service GmbH708 t
- ARNOLD UMFORMTECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG215 t
- Experiment e.V139 t
- BitifEye Digital Test Solutions GmbH131 t
- KlimAktiv72 t
- Luxembourg Government Climate and Energy Fund Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Compensation Mechanism71 t
Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.
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