GS1247 VPA189 Southern Ethiopia Efficient Cook Stoves

Ethiopia · Proponent: CO2balance UK ltd

Cookstove project in Ethiopia, listed on the Gold Standard registry. 42,124 t issued so far, 67.9% of them retired.

Issued: 42K; tCO₂e
Retired: 29K; 67.9% of issued
Outstanding: 14K; tCO₂e
First issuance: 2020; first retirement 2021

Canonical record

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Registry page ↗

Registry: Gold Standard; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Project ID: GLD7437; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Methodology: not reported; missing in source
Category: Unknown; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Type: Cookstove; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Country: Ethiopia; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Region: Africa; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Status: Unknown; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard
Proponent: CO2balance UK ltd; via CarbonPlan OffsetsDB, originally Gold Standard

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Methodology risk

Missing

How robust the crediting method isNot reported

Vintage

In the record

When credits were first issuedPost-2016 issuance

Country governance

In the record

Host-country risk indexIndex for Ethiopia

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

In the platform

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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