CO2Balance successfully issued over 50,000 VERs under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) for its efficient cookstove projects located in the constituencies of Mathira and Eldoret East, and Keiyo District.
Six years after the initial distribution of efficient cook stoves in these areas, the projects continue operating well, with 97% of stoves continuing to be used. It’s heartening to see the long-term impact these projects are making terms of reduced wood fuel used for cooking and improved indoor air-quality and health benefits.
With regards to the impacts of cooking practices, we are excited to see publication of the new toolkit provided by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, called FACIT : The webtool quantifies environmental and economic impacts for a variety of cooking fuel sources in various countries, using data from a comprehensive life cycle assessment. It thus accounts for the impacts of fuels along the entire value chain, highlighting the high negative impacts of using charcoal and firewood.
Feel free to contact us at co2balance if you would like to learn more about our cookstove projects or if you are just generally as interested in reducing carbon emissions as we are!