Tanzania granted BURN a second Letter of Authorisation covering about 785,000 corresponding-adjusted credits, over 40 percent pre-sold. The UN's Article 6.4 panel advanced two clean-cooking methodologies and a push toward metered usage. Gold Standard opened the group that decides which cooking instruments count under Ongoing Emissions Responsibility after 2030. Rwanda said it will authorise fewer, better projects. Cookstoves are where the market's next integrity rules get tested first.
By registry: Gold Standard 1,408 · Verra 433
5 stories that change the picture for Cookstoves.
Tanzania grants BURN a second Article 6 authorisation for CORSIA credits
About 785,000 corresponding-adjusted credits, vintages 2022–2025, over 40 percent pre-sold.
Why it matters. A government that signs twice is a government a forward buyer can underwrite.
Article 6.4 experts advance two clean-cooking methodologies and a reversal-risk tool
Metered stove usage replacing surveys, with a transition around 2028 still to be confirmed.
Why it matters. New programmes should be designed for sensors, not surveys.
Gold Standard opens the Ongoing Emissions Responsibility working group
A corporate cohort will define how OER under SBTi's Net-Zero 2.0 is implemented in 2027, including which instruments qualify.
Why it matters. Whether cookstove credits count under OER decides the price of 2028+ vintages.
Rwanda: quality over volume, 29 projects, about $1.5M earned
Credits at $14–45 a tonne; CMAS 2026 in Kigali on 13–15 October.
Why it matters. Fewer, higher-integrity authorisations.
Seven new cookstove programmes listed in Madagascar and Malawi; five certified in Madagascar
Gold Standard RVPAs under GS10789/GS10790, ECCA Climate Capital; GS12600 VPAs certified, SANTAP.
Why it matters. The programme-of-activities model is still where cookstove volume originates.
7 new listings, 7 status changes, 6 newly registered or certified.
The late list, the pipeline mix, and who is originating.
Most active proponents in the pipeline
- EKI Energy Services Limited (PP) 45 projects in pipeline or validation
- Korea Carbon Management Ltd (PP) 30 projects in pipeline or validation
- Tiipaalga 23 projects in pipeline or validation
- Likano Project Development GmbH 18 projects in pipeline or validation
- ECOA Climate Capital 18 projects in pipeline or validation
- Uganda Carbon Bureau 9 projects in pipeline or validation
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