Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Nigeria

Audit Analysis

This is a reasonably documented Gold Standard cookstove project with VVB-confirmed additionality, no material findings, and a quantified usage rate close to 88%. However, several key elements are either missing or inconsistent across documents, including the baseline reassessment timing, leakage treatment, and crediting-period/usage-method details, which keeps confidence from being high.

Project Description

This project promotes the transition of families to BURN's Jikokoa, one of the world’s most fuel-efficient charcoal stoves. The use of open fires and solid fuels for cooking is one of the world’s most pressing health and environmental problems, directly impacting close to half the world’s population and causing 132K premature deaths in Nigeria each year. The cooking sector accounts for 2% of annual global carbon emissions estimates. Today, 83% of Nigerians lack access to clean cooking, with 31% of the population living on less than $2.15 a day. This project allows clean and efficient cookstoves to be distributed at a subsidised price, enabling access to Nigerian families who otherwise could not afford them. The stoves result in a ~85% reduction in indoor air pollution and ~60% reduction in fuel consumption, meaning improved health outcomes, reduced deforestation, $6 per week in savings per family and cooking time saved. The carbon credits are certified by internationally recognised body Gold Standard. The project is operated by BURN, Africa’s leading cookstove company. BURN stoves have impacted over 24M lives, and BURN operates the only modern cookstove manufacturing facility in Nigeria. The project is financed by Key Carbon, a Canadian entity with a mission to accelerate climate action. Project Impacts and Benefits The project’s impact on 8 SDGs has been certified by Gold Standard. Since the project’s launch in 2021, the project has had the following impacts: Climate action : 590K tonnes of CO2e avoided. The Jikokoa stove reduces fuel consumption by 64%, resulting in a decrease in both CO2 and non-CO2 emissions from cooking. Furthermore, by reducing the demand for biomass, the project contributes to slowing down deforestation. Affordable and clean energy : 119K households with access to clean cooking. Good health and well-being: 94.3% of households experienced perceived improved air quality. Cooking-related smoke inhalation is responsibl

Red Flags

• ⚠ Leakage treatment is not fully clear because one record says it was deemed negligible while the later monitoring report says it was quantified, but the actual deduction is not stated in the extracted facts.
• ⚠ The reported crediting period and usage monitoring approach differ across documents, and total verified emissions reductions also vary materially between records, indicating some reliability risk.

Credit Vintages

Cosa migliorerebbe questo punteggio

• Provide the exact leakage deduction and the underlying calculation used in the latest monitoring report.
• Publish a reconciled document trail explaining the differences in usage monitoring method, crediting period, and verified emissions totals.

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