Efficient And Clean Cooking For Households In Somalia

Audit Analysis

This is a Gold Standard cookstove project with some positive evidence on additionality, safeguards, and verified usage, but the record also shows material concerns around leakage treatment, reversal handling, and over-crediting risk. The documentation is usable but weakened by low extraction confidence, multiple corrective actions, and several contradictions across documents.

Project Description

BURN Manufacturing's project in Somalia improves the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people. More than 90% of the population still relies on biomass fuels for cooking, driving particularly high deforestation rates in an already arid landscape. In addition, nearly 3 in 4 people live below the poverty line. Local charcoal production is unsustainable and very expensive. Using an inefficient traditional stove costs Somalian families as much as $50/month, and excess smoke creates health problems. A study done by the Clean Cooking Alliance shows that cooking with an open fire causes over 3 million premature deaths each year.  This project helps families transition to BURN's JIKOKOA, the world's most fuel-efficient biomass stove. The JIKOKOA, reduces charcoal consumption by up to 50% - slowing deforestation and saving Somalian families $171 million to date. It also reduces indoor air pollution by up to 80%, with families reporting that they get ill less often. These health benefits, tied with fuel and time savings, help reduce gender inequities, improve lives, and save forests.  BURN has been working in Somalia since 2019, and remains the only carbon project in the region. This is particularly important because the area struggles to attract foreign investment, despite high levels of need. Clean cooking an important catalyst in the sustainable, equitable development of the region, while reducing deforestation, smoke inhalation, and improving the lives of 900,000 people.  Project impacts and benefits: Since 2019, BURN Manufacturing's work in Somalia has had the following impacts: 350k stoves distributed 900,000 lives impacted over 2 million tonnes of wood saved 2 million tonnes of CO2 reduced This project meets the following SDGs: Climate action - The Jikokoa lowers fuel consumption by up to 50%, thus limiting CO2 and non-CO2 emissions from cooking. Since 2019, this project has avoided 2M tonnes of CO2 from being emitted. In addition,

Red Flags

• ⚠ Leakage was recorded as 0% with no clear justification in the verification report, while other documents indicate leakage was treated differently.
• ⚠ The verification record includes multiple corrective actions and comments questioning the retroactive addition of stoves and the strength of the additionality case.
• ⚠ Reversal risk is not clearly addressed and no buffer pool percentage is stated.
• ⚠ The project is CCP approved, which increases dual-claim scrutiny even though CORSIA eligibility is not stated.

Credit Vintages

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• Provide a clear, document-consistent leakage assessment with quantified justification and reconcile the 0% deduction against other monitoring references.
• Publish a complete permanence and claims package, including buffer pool treatment, reversal monitoring, and a clear statement on CORSIA eligibility and any dual-claim restrictions.

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