GS1247 VPA 52: Improved Cook Stoves in Chamanculo C Maputo (Mozambique) phase II

Mozambique · Proponent: Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.)

Cookstove project in Mozambique, listed on the Gold Standard registry. 16,464 t issued so far, 98.5% of them retired.

Issued: 16K; tCO₂e
Retired: 16K; 98.5% of issued
Outstanding: 253; tCO₂e
First issuance: 2016; first retirement 2018

Canonical record

Every field, with its source

Registry page ↗

Registry: Gold Standard; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Project ID: GLD4611; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Methodology: gs-tpddtec; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Category: Energy efficiency; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Type: Cookstove; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Country: Mozambique; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Region: Africa; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Status: Unknown; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Proponent: Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.); via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard

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Quality framework

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Methodology risk

In the record

How robust the crediting method isgs-tpddtec

Vintage

In the record

When credits were first issuedPost-2016 issuance

Country governance

In the record

Host-country risk indexIndex for Mozambique

Permanence

In the record

Risk that stored carbon is releasedTechnology or avoidance

Source reliability

In the record

How trustworthy each source isGold Standard registry

Cross-registry check

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Same credits listed twice?Screened across 6 sources

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Source data: CarbonPlan OffsetsDB (carbonplan.org/research/offsets-db). Project types incorporate the Voluntary Registry Offsets Database, Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, CC BY 4.0. Signals and summaries are derived by QAVCM. Data as of 2026-10-02.

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