AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Suite 129 NWCA Building, Commercial Ave, Bamenda, Cameroon
Cameroon Improved Cookstoves Project
KEY PROJECT INFORMATION
Title of Project | Conserving the Upper Noun Valley Catchment Cameroon, Saving forests and empowering mountain communities with improved cookstoves |
Brief Description of Project: | Firewood and charcoal are the main cooking fuels for people in Cameroon. Collected firewood and purchased charcoal meet the bulk of cooking energy needs nationwide.
Firewood and charcoal are the kind of non-renewable woody biomass. Burning firewood or charcoal for cooking is not only leading to significant greenhouse gas emissions but families also need to spend a lot of time and/or money on collecting and/or purchasing firewood and charcoal.
Besides, firewood collection and charcoal production lead to deforestation and environmental degradation.
The project seeks to increase access of households and communities to improved cookstoves by disseminating affordable high thermal efficiency and low greenhouse gas emitting cooking stoves called Chango Chango Moto stove across Babessi and Bangorain and districts in Cameroon. By using the improved stoves, firewood and charcoal consumed for cooking would be greatly reduced, so that greenhouse gas emissions would be greatly reduced; simultaneously the improved stoves can provide co-benefits to users in the form of relief from high fuel costs, reduced exposure to health damaging indoor air pollution, faster cooking, and increased cleanliness and convenience. In addition, reduced firewood and charcoal demand would lead to less forest cutting, and the reduction in deforestation and environmental degradation |
Expected Implemetation Date: Expected duration of Project: | January 2023 10 years |
Project Developer | Anaxee and Partners? |
Project Representative | African Development Association (ADAS) |
Project Participants and any communities involved: |
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Version of PDD: Date of Version: | 1.0 04/12/2022 |
Host Country / Location | Cameroon |
Certification Pathway (Project Certification/Impact Statements & Products | Project Certification |
Activity Requirements applied: (mark GS4GG if none relevant) | Community Services Activity Requirements (Version 1.1, 01.03.2018)???? |
Methodologies applied: | AMS-II.G (Version 09.0) ???? |
Product Requirements Applied: | GHG Emission Reductions & Sequestration Project Requirements (Version 1.1, 01.03.2018) ??? |
Regular / Retroactive | Retroactive |
SDG Impacts: | 1 – SDG 7 Affortable and Clean Energy 2 – SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth 3 – SDG 13 Climate Action n. |
Estimated Amount of SDG Impact Certified | 1 – SDG 7 Affortable and Clean Energy Number of people reached by the project activity who have access to and can rely on affordable and clean cookstoves distributed under the project activity: 45,000 people/yr 2 – SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth Number of people got involved in trainings and activities of improved stoves production and sales: 990 people 3 – SDG 13 Climate Action Estimated annual average greenhouse gas Emission Reductions generated for first crediting period: 36,334 tCO2/yr |
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SECTION A. Description of project
A.1. Purpose and general description of project
>> (Provide a brief description of the project including the description of scenario existing prior to
the implementation of the project.)
Forests are major sources of energy in Malawi, supplying the greatest portion of energy
requirements in the form of firewood and charcoal. Roughly 85% of the people in Malawi live in
rural areas and the vast majority of them collect firewood for cooking, collected firewood meets the
bulk of cooking energy needs nationwide. Most households in cities and some rural dwellers choose
to or must purchase their cooking fuel (e.g. charcoal) at market. Burning firewood or charcoal for
cooking is not only leading to significant greenhouse gas emissions but families also need to spend
a lot of time and/or money on collecting and/or purchasing firewood and charcoal. In addition,
firewood collection and charcoal production leads to deforestation and environmental degradation.
This project seeks to increase access of households and communities to improved cookstoves by
disseminating affordable high thermal efficiency and low greenhouse gas emitting cooking stoves
across Mulanje and Phalombe districts in Malawi. The targeted users of the improved stoves will be
households and/or communities. Their old low efficiency and high greenhouse gas emitting stoves
would be replaced.
The improved stoves to be distributed would significantly reduce firewood and charcoal demand
for cooking, so that greenhouse gas emissions would be greatly reduced; simultaneously they can
provide co-benefits to users and families in the form of relief from high fuel costs, reduced exposure
to health-damaging indoor air pollutions, faster cooking (resulting in time-savings), and increased
cleanliness and convenience.
Currently inefficient and polluting cooking regimes are deeply established throughout Sub-Saharan
Africa and in Malawi in particular. With carbon finance this project aims to break the mould with
affordable high efficiency stoves and move large populations away from conditions under which
greenhouse gas emissions are unacceptably high and health effects are unacceptably harmful for
the women and children spending long hours each day on firewood collection and in traditional
kitchens.
A.2. Eligibility of the project under Gold Standard
>> (Describe how the project meets the eligibility criteria as per section 3.1.1 of GS4GG Principles
& Requirements document and the relevant activity requirements document)
The project meets the eligibility criteria:
– The project is a single small-scale GS VER project;
– The project is located in Malawi, which has no mandatory operational schemes to reduce
GHG emissions in any form and can host a Gold Standard VER project;
The emission reductions of greenhouse gases intended to be achieved by the project are
from Carbon Dioxide (CO2), whichi is eligible under GS4GG;
– The project belongs to the type of End-Use Energy Efficiency, as the project disseminates
fuel-efficient cookstoves to end users to replace their low efficient traditional
charcoal/firewood stoves, so charcoal and firewood consumptions could be reduced;
According to the approved GS Community Services Activity Requirements, the project type
is automatically eligible for Gold Standard Certification;
– No Official Development Assistance (ODA) is used for the implementation of the project.
A.3. Legal ownership of products generated by the project and legal rights to alter use of resources
required to service the project
>> (Justify that project owner has full and uncontested legal ownership of the products that are
generated under Gold Standard Certification and has legal rights concerning changes in use of
resources required to service the Project for e.g water rights, where applicable.)
The project owner (Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust, a local NGO) has full and uncontested
legal ownership of the emission reductions that are generated under this Gold Standard project,
and has legal rights concerning changes in use of resources required to service the Project for
ownership of emission reductions.
A.4. Location of project
A.4.1. Host Country
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Cameroon
A.4.2. Region/State/Province etc.
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Mulanje District and Phalome District
A.4.3. City/Town/Community etc.
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Babessi and Bangourain
A.4.4. Physical/Geographical location
>> (Include information allowing the unique identification of this project.)
The project would initially distribute the improved stoves in Mulanje and Phalome districts. The
distribution network will gradually be expanded to cover nearby regions and then in all regions of
the country.
Babessi: Latitude: 6° 00′ 60.00″ N Longitude: 10° 33′ 59.99″ E.
Bangourain: Latitude: 5° 27′ 49.74″N Longitude: 10° 48′ 0.02″E
The whole of Cameroon extends between:
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A.5. Technologies and/or measures
>> (Describe the technologies and measures to be employed and/or implemented by the project,
including a list of the facilities, systems and equipment that will be installed and/or modified by the
project. Include information essential to understand the purpose of the project and how it will
contribute positively to three SDGs.)
The Changu Changu Moto is a low cost, high efficiency biomass fired cook stove developed through extensive trials with local communities and is specifically designed for local Malawian conditions. The stove is constructed from locally available materials and does not require specialist construction skills or equipment. The stove design is a brick rocket stove, constructed using 26 mud bricks and a mud mortar mix.
The Changu Changu Moto cook stoves feature an insulated combustion chamber which retains heat while also raising the cooking pot to the hottest point above the flame. This improves combustion efficiency and heat transfer, thus reducing fuel consumption. The energy flows can be described as the household use of non-renewable woody biomass to produce heat energy for cooking and heating water, and also releasing carbon dioxide as a combustion product. The project technology improves the energy efficiency of the combustion process, using less non-renewable woody biomass, and therefore releasing less carbon dioxide, to produce the same amount of useable heat energy. The Changu Changu Moto stove can reach a thermal efficiency of 34%. It consumes above 67% less wood fuel than the traditional low efficient stoves.
SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy
The clean and high efficient cook stoves distributed in the project activity consume less wood fuel
than traditional low efficient stoves, such as the three-stone fires. Reduced wood fuel consumption
improves the air quality of the kitchen due to less smoke would be generated by using the high
efficiency project stove, and relieves the pressure on tree cutting for wood fuel so that forest can
be conserved. With the support of carbon revenue from the project activity, manufactured improved stoves (such as the Save80 or substitutes from India) will also be affordable to end users, particularly in rented properties in urban and semi urban settings, which provide people with further reliance on clean technology.
SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth
The project owner (a local NGO) has organized in total 66 local stove producer groups, which are
mainly made up of female residents from local communities. They are provided with training of
how to produce the improved stoves and how to sell the stoves. Women and girls can get paid
outside of agriculture through stove producing and selling. Villagers from local communities are
willing to be member of the producer groups, as they can learn skills from those trainings and also
increase their incomes through stoves sales.
SDG 13 – Climate Action
The project includes conducting awareness raising sessions at the village level, which covers topics
on global warming, climate change, the contribution of inefficient cooking on climate change and
rapid deforestation rates. It also shares on how a transition to a clean and fuel-efficient cookstove
can reduce the environmental and climate damage, in addition to improving the health and safety
and economic well-being of the users.
The project is expected to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, as the improved cookstoves
disseminated by the project have high thermal efficiency which would reduce the fuel wood burning
for daily cooking.
A.6. Scale of the project
>> (Define whether project is micro scale, small scale or others. Justify the scale referring to relevant
activity requirement.)
The project is a small scale project, as the project belongs to Type II Energy-efficiency improvement
project, and according to the methodology AMS-II.G (Version 09.0), the aggregate energy savings of the project activity does not exceed the equivalent of 180 GWh thermal per year in fuel input.
Please find the calculation below:
Parameter | Unit | Value | Source |
Firewood | MJ/kg | 15.6 | IPCC 2006 |
Thermal efficiency of the Improved stove | % | 34 | Thermal efficiency test results from stove specification and builders manual |
Thermal efficiency of the baseline stove | % | 10 | AMS-II.G |
Number of improved stoves in one year | Number | 45,000 | Based on the deployment plan, the maximum number of improved stoves in operation during one year in the first crediting period |
Firewood consumption in baseline scenario per household per year
| kg/HH/yr.
| 2,250 | Page 12, Analysis of Wood needs in rural household in Babessi District, Cameroon.pdf |
Charcoal consumption in baseline scenario per household per year
| kg/HH/yr. | 87.6 | Calculated: 4,020,350 HH = 18,091,5751 / 4.52 87.6 = 352,0003 * 1000 / 4,020,350 |
Firewood saving per household per year
| kg/HH/yr. | 1,588.2 | Calculated 1,588.2 = 2,250 – 2,250 * 10% / 34% |
Charcoal saving per household per year
| kg/HH/yr. | 61.8
| Calculated 61.8 = 87.6 – 87.6 * 10% / 34% |
Aggregate energy saving per year
| GWh/yr. | 113 < 180 | Calculation: 105.3 = 15.6 * 1,588.2 * 34% * 45,000 / 1000 * 0.00027778 7.7 = 29.5 * 61.8 * 34% * 45,000 / 1000 * 0.00027778 113 = 105.3 + 7.7 |
A.7. Funding sources of project
>> (Provide the public and private funding sources for the project. Confidential information need
not be provided.)
N/A
A.8. Assessment that project complies with ‘gender sensitive’ requirements
>> (Answer the four mandatory questions included under Step 1 to 3 in “Gold Standard Gender
Equality Guidelines and Requirements” available here.)
Question 1: Does the project reflect the key issues and requirements of Gender Sensitive design
and implementation as outlined in the Gender Policy? Explain how.
The project reflects the key gender issues and requirements of Gender Sensitive design and
implementation.
On the design side, the project is aimed to avail households with clean cooking solutions. The
project will result in reduction of firewood and charcoal comsumptions, which would generate
harmful smoke and cause air pollution when burning in low efficiency and traditional stoves. In the
overwhelming majority of the households in Malawi, the kitchen chores (including sourcing fuel,
cooking and cleaning) are handled by women. While getting involved most of the time with the
kitchen related activities, women are more exposed to the indoor air pollution and the associated
hazard. Situation is more aggravated with a fact that the women are also responsible for taking care
of the children and the children who normally need mother’s support to perform their activities are
bound to accompany their mother in kitchen. This situation has led to enhanced exposure of the
women and children to kitchen smoke and associated health consequences. Since the project aims
to reduce the polluting firewood and charcoal from the kitchen, the primary beneficiary would be
the women and children. Furthermore, the project is focused to the socially disadvantaged group
of people, which also justifies the dimension of social inclusion in the project design.
On the implementation side, the project has trained and deployed women in the producting and
marketing of the improved cookstoves. Project implementer has orgnasied local people, mainly are
women, to form producer groups, and provided trainings on how to construct improved stoves and
how to distribute the stoves to end users. Project implementer opines that promotional activities
are better addressed with women in the forefront. During the life of the project, the project
participant believes to create a conducive environment where women are able to be trained to
master a new technology, create awareness of the product and process, and in long run, to organize
themselves and create business opportunities for themselves. This women prioritized mode of
project development and implementation helps address gender equality issues; in the meantime,
addressing issues related to environmental sustainability and natural resource management.
Question 2: Does the project align with exsiting country policies, strategies and best practices?
Explain how.
The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of discrimination based on gender,
race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis. The project aligns with all the rights to the
women conferred by the constitution of the Republic of Malawi. The project has been implemented
in the households of backward communities where the women are the primary beneficiary. Further
more, the project involves women in the forefront of the supply chain of the improved stoves, which
can help fostering their entrepreneurial skills and empower them be part in social dialogue.
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Question 3: Does the project address the questions raised in the Gold Standard Safeguarding
Principles & Requirements document? Explain how.
The project addresses some of the questions raised in the Gold Standard Safeguarding Principle &
Requirements:
- Is there a possibility that the Project might reduce or put at risk women’s access to or control
of resources, entitlements and benefits?
No, on the contrary the Project increase women’s access to or control of resources, entitlements
and benefits.
- Is there a possibility that the Project can adversely affect men and women in marginalised
or vulnerable communities (e.g., potential increased burden on women or social isolation of
men)?
No, the Project brings positive effect on beneficiaries in terms of employment and social upliftment
of the communities.
- Is there a possibility that the Project might not take into account gender roles and the
abilities of women or men to participate in the decisions/designs of the project’s activities
(such as lack of time, child care duties, low literacy or educational levels, or societal
discrimination)?
No, the project does not involve in any form discrimination in any kind of form.
- Does the Project take into account gender roles and the abilities of women or men to benefit
from the Project’s activities (e.g., Does the project criteria ensure that it includes minority
groups or landless peoples)?
Yes，the project takes into account gender roles and abilities of women/men. Workload is allocated
based on the type of work to be carried out.
- Does the Project design contribute to an increase in women’s workload that adds to their
care responsibilities or that prevents them from engaging in other activities?
No, on the contrary the project leads to increased empowerment and income of women thereby
uplifiting the living standards of women.
- Would the Project potentially reproduce or further deepen discrimination against women
based on gender, for instance, regarding their full participation in design and
implementation or access to opportunities and benefits?
No, the project doesn’t reproduce or further deepen discrimination against women.
- Would the Project potentially limit women’s ability to use, develop and protect natural
resources, taking into account different roles and priorities of women and men in accessing
and managing environmental goods and services?
No, in fact, the project leads to improved accesses of women to use and develop natural resources.
- Is there a likelihood that the proposed Project would expose women and girls to further risks or
hazards?
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No, on the contract the project leads to reduced firewood and charcoal consumptions, which would
reduce the exposure of women and girls to indoor air pollutions and the time for women and girls
to collect fuels in hazardous surroundings.
Question 4: Does the project apply the Gold Standard Stakeholder Consultation & Engagement
Procedure, Requirements & Guidelines? Explain how.
Yes. The project is currently seeking for retroactive GS registration. The 1st round Stakeholder
Consultation meetings have been done in July 2018 with the participation of different stakeholder
categories. During each meeting, the Key Project Information and the Input & Grievance Mechnisms
have been introduced to the local stakeholders, the questionnaire regarding the sustainable
development indicators and monitoring of the indicators have been explained, and meeting
evaluation forms have been provided to the local stakeholders.
SECTION B. Application of selected approved Gold Standard methodology
B.1. Reference of approved methodology
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Project type: (b) End – Use Energy efficiency
Approved methodology applied: AMS-II.G, Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of
non-renewable biomass (Version 09.0)
Reference: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/DB/DP2BYDIV6RTMZPEZ2EDLYGLJDPSSU3
B.2. Applicability of methodology
>> (Justify the choice of the selected methodology(ies) by demonstrating that the project meets
each applicability condition of the applied methodology(ies))
Justification for the choice of the selected methodology is given below in the table:
Applicability Condition | Justification |
This methodology is applicable to project activities that: introduce efficient thermal energy generation units utilizing non- renewable biomass (e.g. complete replacement of existing biomass-fired cookstoves or ovens or dryers with more efficient appliances), or retrofit existing units reducing the use of non-renewable biomass for combustion.
| The project activity introduces improved high efficiency cookstoves utilizing charcoal and firewood to replace existing low efficiency traditional biomass-fired cookstoves.
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This methodology is applicable to project activities that: displace or enhance energy efficiency of existing heat generation units results in saving of non-renewable biomass and reduction of GHG emissions.
| The project activity displaces existing low efficiency traditional biomass-fired cookstoves with improved high efficiency stoves so that firewood and charcoal consumptions can be saved and GHG emissions can be reduced. |
In the case of cookstoves, the methodology is applicable to introduction of single pot or multi pot portable or in-situ cookstoves with rated efficiency of at least 20 per cent.
| The project activity introduces single pot portable cookstoves with efficiency of 34%. |
The aggregate energy savings of a single project activity shall not exceed the equivalent of 60 GWh per year or 180 GWh thermal per year in fuel input.
| According to the calculation in section A.6, the estimated maximum aggregate energy savings of the project activity are 113 GWh thermal per year, not exceeding 180 GWh thermal per year in fuel input. |
Non-renewable biomass has been used in the project region since 31 December 1989, using survey methods or referring to published literature, official reports or statistics. |
The non-renewable biomass has been used in the project region since 31 December 1989 |
For cases where the biomass is sourced from renewable sources, the project participants should use a corresponding Type I methodology. |
The biomass used in the project region are firewood and charcoal, which are sourced from non-renewable sources |
If the project device requires a specific fuel for this device (e.g. briquettes, pellets, woodchips), the consumption of the fuel should be monitored during the crediting period.
| No specific fuel is required for the project stove. The project stoves are using the same kinds of fuels as the baseline stoves, which are firewood and charcoal. |
B.3. Project boundary
>> (Present a flow diagram of the project boundary, physically delineating the project, based on
the description provided in section A.5 above.)
Based on the methodology “Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable
biomass (Version 09.0)”, the project boundary is the physical, geographical site of the efficient
devices that utilize biomass. The project boundary for the project activity is as demonstrated in the
diagram below:
For the purpose of GHG mitigation/sequestration following table shall be completed (delete if not
required)
Source | GHGs | Included? | Justification/Explanation | |
Baseline Scenario | Source 1 Combustion of charcoal and firewood for cooking | CO2 | Yes
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CH4 | NO | Excluded for simplification | ||
N2O | NO | Excluded for simplification | ||
Project Scenario | Source 1 Combustion of charcoal and firewood for cooking | CO2 | Yes
| Important source of emissions |
CH4 | NO | Excluded for simplification | ||
N2O | NO | Excluded for simplification | ||
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B.4. Establishment and description of baseline scenario
>> (Explain how the baseline scenario is established in accordance with guidelines provided in
GS4GG Principles & Requirements and the selected methodology(ies). In case suppressed demand
baseline is used then same should be explained and justified.)
As per the methodology of AMS-II.G (Version 09.0), in the absence of the project activity, the
baseline scenario would be the projected use of fossil fuels to meet similar thermal energy needs
as those provided by the project devices. In the absence of the project activity, households use non-renewable biomass (firewood and charcoal) as fuel for cooking purposes; traditional charcoal/wood stoves such as 3-stone fires are used by households for fuel combustion.
B.5. Demonstration of additionality
>> (If the proposed project is not a type of project that is deemed additional, as stated below, then
follow guidelines in section 3.5.1 of GS4GG Principles & Requirements to demonstrate
additionality.)
The table below is only applicable if the proposed project is deemed additional, as defined by the
applied approved methodology or activity requirement or product requirement.
Specify the methodology or activity requirement or product requirement that establish deemed additionality for the proposed project (including the version number and the specific paragraph, if applicable).
| Methodological tool of “Demonstration of additionality of small-scale project activities” (Version 12.0), Paragraph 11 (c) defines additionality if “Project activities solely composed of isolated units where the users of the technology/measure are households or communities or Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and where the size of each unit is no larger than 1 per cent of the small-scale CDM thresholds.” |
Describe how the proposed project meets the criteria for deemed additionality.
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• The project activity is solely composed of isolated improved cookstoves where the users of the stoves are households or communities or SMEs; • The aggregate energy saving of each improved cookstove is around 0.0025 GWh thermal, which does not exceed 1.8 GWh thermal energy savings per year. |
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B.6. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) outcomes
B.6.1. Relevant target for each of the three SDGs
>> (Specify the relevant SDG target for each of three SDGs addressed by the project. Refer most
recent version of targets here .)
SDGs | Targets |
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy | Targets: |
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. |
7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services Indicator: 7.1.2 Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology The project provides clean and high efficiency cookstoves to reduce the firewood and charcoal consumptions. Households can have access to and rely on clean technology |
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all | Target: 8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalizaiton and growth of micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
Indicator: 8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex The project has engaged local villagers in paid work by organising stove production groups and providing stove manufacture and distribution trainings to them. |
SDG 13 Climate Action Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts | Target: 13.B Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change–related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
Indicator: 13.B.1 Number of least developed countries and small island developing States that are receiving specialized support, and amount of support, including finance, technology and capacity-building, for mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change-related planning and management, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
The project includes conducting awareness raising sessions at the village level, which covers topics on global warming, climate change, the contribution of inefficient cooking on climate change and rapid deforestation rates. It also shares on how a transition to a clean and fuel-efficient cookstove can reduce the environmental and climate damage, in addition to improving the health and safety and economic well-being of the users. The support of carbon finance is based on the emission reductions generated by the project |
B.6.2. Explanation of methodological choices/approaches for estimating the SDG outcome
>> (Explain how the methodological steps in the selected methodology(ies) or proposed approach
for calculating baseline and project outcomes are applied. Clearly state which equations will be
used in calculating net benefit.)
SDGs | Method |
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy | Target: 7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
Indicator: 7.1.2 Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology Monitoring Parameter: Number of people reached by the project activity who have access to and can rely on affordable and clean cookstoves distributed under the project activity Monitoring Method: Stove sales records collection Purpose: Aimed at gathering and analyzing stove sales data . Calculation Method: Baseline outcomes: 0 Project outcomes: Average number of stoves sold per year X Average number of people per household |
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth | Target: 8.3 Promote developmet-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalizaiton and growth of micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
Indicator: 8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex
Monitoring Parameter: Number of people got involved in trainings and activities of improved stoves production and sales
Monitoring Method: Ongoing training and sales data collection and storage. Purpose: To measure the number of people participating in the activities of trainings, stove production and sales. The records of producer groups and training courses collect and maintain the total number of people who have participated in those productive activities.
Calculation Method: Baseline outcomes: 0 Project outcomes: count number of people participating in trainings and stove production and sales activities. |
SDG 13 Climate Action | Target: 13.B Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change–related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
Indicator: 13.B.1 Number of least developed countries and small island developing States that are receiving specialized support, and amount of support, including finance, technology and capacity building, for mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change-related planning and management, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
Monitoring Parameter: Annual average greenhouse gas Emission Reductions
Monitoring Method: Ongoing data collection and storage for ER calculation; and Household surveys. Purpose: To measure emission reductions generated from replacement of old traditional low efficiency stoves with improved high efficiency stoves. The stove sales records collect and record the number of improved stoves sold; The surveys collect usage information from sampled households.
Calcualtion Method: As per the methodology AMS-II.G (Version 09.0), ERy = ΣΣERy,i,j – LEy ERy,i,j = By,savings,i,j x Ny,i,j x μy x fNRB,y x NCVbiomass x EFprojected_fossilfuel By,savings,i,j = Bold,i,j x (1 – Ƞold,i,j / Ƞnew,i,j) |
B.6.3. Data and parameters fixed ex ante for monitoring contribution to each of the three SDGs
(Include a compilation of information on the data and parameters that are not monitored during the
crediting period but are determined before the design certification and remain fixed throughout
the crediting period like IPCC defaults and other methodology defaults. Copy this table for each
piece of data and parameter.)
Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter | fNRB,y |
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Description | Fraction of woody biomass saved by the project activity during year y that can be established as non-renewabole biomass. |
Source of Data | CDM Default Value |
Value(s) Applied | 81 % |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures | As per the draft methodological tool “calculation of fraction of nonrenewable biomass” |
Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter | NCVbiomass
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Unit | TJ/tonne |
Description | Net calorific value of the non-renewable woody biomass, briquettes or charcoal used in project devices |
Source of Data | CDM Default Value |
Value(s) Applied | Wood fuel: 0.0156 (based on the gross weight of the wood that is ‘airdried’) Charcoal: 0.029 |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures |
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Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter |
EFprojected_fossilfuel
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Unit | t CO2/TJ |
Description | Emission factor for the fossil fuels projected to be used for substitution of non-renewable woody biomass by similar consumers |
Source of Data | AMS-II.G (Version 09.0) |
Value(s) Applied | 63.7 |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures | This value represents the emission factor of the substitution fuels likely to be used by similar users, on a weighted average basis. The value is calculated, based on the global average ratio of cooking fuels (the normalized ratio of kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) excluding coal), i.e. 9 per cent for kerosene (71.5 t CO2/TJ) and 91 per cent for LPG (63.0 t CO2/TJ). |
Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter |
Ƞold,i,j |
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Description | Efficiency of the old devices being replaced by project devices of type i and batch j |
Source of Data | AMS-II.G (Version 09.0) |
Value(s) Applied | According to the methodology, value applied can be determined from the two options below: (i) Default 0.1 or 0.2; (ii) Establish prior to start of implementation based on survey Here for ex ante calculation, 0.1 is applied. |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures | Efficiency of pre-project device, which is a three-stone fire using firewood (not charcoal), or a conventional device with no improved combustion air supply or flue gas ventilation, that is without a grate or a chimney; for other types of devices, a default value of 0.2 may be optionally used. Use weighted average values (taking the amount of woody biomass consumed by each device as the weighting factor) if more than one type of device is being replaced |
Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter | LEy |
Unit | Fraction |
Description | A net to gross adjustement factor to account for leakages |
Source of Data | AMS-II.G (Version 09.0) |
Value(s) Applied | 0.95 |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures |
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Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter |
Bold,p |
Unit | tonnes/person/year |
Description | Annual quantity of woody biomass that would have been used per person in the household in the absence of the project activity to generate useful thermal energy equivalent to that provided by the project devices |
Source of Data | Default value from AMS-II.G (Version 09.0) |
Value(s) Applied | 0.5 |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures |
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Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter | Np,HH |
Unit | Number |
Description | Average number of persons served per household prior to project implementation |
Source of Data | Page 12, Household Size and Composition Around the World 2017 (Data Booklet) |
Value(s) Applied | 4.5 |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures |
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Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter | Bold,HH
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Unit | tonnes/household/year |
Description | Annual quantity of woody biomass that would have been used in the household in the absence of the project activity to generate useful thermal energy equivalent to that provided by the project devices
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Source of Data | This parameter shall be determined ex ante by using one of the following options: 1. Bold,HH = Bold,p x Np,HH 2. Based on the historical data or a sample survey conducted as per the latest version of “sampling and surveys for CDM project activities and programme of activities”. If the monitoring period is shorter or longer than one year, the result may be extrapolated for the monitoring period |
Value(s) Applied | Option 1 is applied to determine Bold,HH: Bold,HH = 0.5 x 4.5 = 2.25 |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures |
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Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action |
Data / Parameter | Bold,i,j
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Unit | tonnes/year |
Description | Annual quantity of woody biomass that would have been used in the household in the absence of the project activity to generate useful thermal energy equivalent to that provided by the project device type i and batch j |
Source of Data | This parameter shall be determined ex ante Bold,i,j = Bold,HH / Nd,HH |
Value(s) Applied | Bold,i,j = 2.25 / 1 = 2.25 |
Choice of Data or Measurement Methods and procedures |
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Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comment |
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B.6.4. Ex ante estimation of outcomes linked to each of the three SDGs
>> (Provide a transparent ex ante calculation of baseline and project outcomes (or, where
applicable, direct calculation of net benefit) during the crediting period, applying all relevant
equations provided in the selected methodology(ies) or as per proposed approach. For data or
parameters available before design certification, use values contained in the table in section B.6.3
above. For data/parameters not available before design certification and monitored during the
crediting period, use estimates contained in the table in section B.7.1 below)
SDGs | Ex ante estimation of outcomes |
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy | Baseline outcomes: 0 Project outcomes: 45,000 people The estimation is based on assumptions of initially 10,000 improved stoves sold per year, and averagely 4.5 people per household. |
SDG8 Decent Work and Economic Growth | Baseline outcomes: 0 Project outcomes: 990 people In total there are 66 stove production groups, and on average 15 people in each group. |
SDG 13 Climate Action | Baseline and Project outcomes: ERy = ΣΣERy,i,j – LEy ERy,i,j = By,savings,i,j x Ny,i,j x μy x fNRB,y x NCVbiomass x EFprojected_fossilfuel By,savings,i,j = Bold,i,j x (1 – Ƞold,i,j / Ƞnew,i,j) Bold,i,j = Bold,HH / Nd,HH Bold,HH = Bold,p x Np,HH
By,savings,i,j = 2.25 x (1 – 0.1 / 0.34) = 1.588 tonnes/household-year ERy = 1.588 x Ny,i,j x 1 x 81% x 0.0156 x 63.7 = 36,334 tCO2/yr (Details for calculation please refer to ER estimation spreadsheet) |
B.6.5. Summary of ex ante estimates of each SDG outcome
Year | Baseline Estimate | Project Estimate | Net Estimate |
Year 1 | 12,818 | 0 | 12,818 |
Year 2 | 30,948 | 0 | 30,948 |
Year 3 | 42,479 | 0 | 42,479 |
Year 4 | 45.877 | 0 | 45,877 |
Year | 49,548 | 0 | 49,548 |
Total | 181,670 | 0 | 181,670 |
Total number of crediting years | 5 | ||
Annual average over the crediting period | 36,334 | 0 | 36,334 |
B.7. Monitoring plan
B.7.1. Data and parameters to be monitored
(Include specific information on how the data and parameters that need to be monitored in the
selected methodology(ies) or proposed approaches or as per mitigation measures from
safeguarding principles assessment or as per feedback from stakeholder consultations would
actually be collected during monitoring. Copy this table for each piece of data and parameter.)
Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action
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Data / Parameter | Ny,i,j |
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Description | Number of project devices of type i and batch j operating during year y |
Source of Data | Monitoring |
Value(es) applied | Assuming 20,000 improved stoves are sold in the first project year and stoves are distributed at a consistent rate with the year to year increasing rate of 8%, for each year in the crediting period the newly sold stoves are equally distributed throughout the 12 months of first operation year, the lifetime of the improved stove is 3 years with linear decreasing in efficiency, and the usage rates of different stove age groups are 100%, 75%, 50%, 0% for the first four operation years. |
Measurement Methods and Procedures | Measured directly or based on a representative sample. Sampling standard shall be used for determining the sample size to achieve 90/10 confidence precision. A discount shall be applied based on the percentage of devices operational as determined by the sample survey, e.g. if survey shows that 10% of the devices is non-operating, an adjustment factor of 0.9 shall be applied to number of project devices commissioned in a particular batch. Separate samples shall be taken for each batch |
Monitoring Frequency | At least once every two years (biennial) |
QA/QC Procedures |
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Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions
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Additional Comments |
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Relevant SDG Indicator | SDG 13 Climate Action
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Data / Parameter | μy |
Unit | Fraction |
Description | Adjustment to account for any continued use of pre-project devices during the year y
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Source of Data | As per the methodology, equation 6 is applied, so the parameter is a fraction based on monitoring results. |
Value(es) applied | Here for ex ante ER estimation, 1.0 is applied.
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Measurement Methods and Procedures | According to the methodology, this parameter should be monitored using one of the two methods. As data loggers described in method 1 is not practical, surveys described in method 2 would be applied: The surveys should be designed to capture the cooking habits and stove usage of households in the region, including quantification of use of baseline devices, by formulating questions and/or collecting evidences to determine the frequency of usage of both the project devices and baseline devices. |
Monitoring Frequency | At least once every two years (biennial) |
QA/QC Procedures |
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Purpose of data | Calculation of emission reductions |
Additional Comments |
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B.7.2. Sampling plan
>> (If data and parameters monitored in section B.7.1 above are to be determined by a sampling
approach, provide a description of the sampling plan.)
As per AMS-II.G, Version 09.0, for parameter μy – Ajustment to account for any continued use of
pre-project devices during the year y, two methods can be chosen to monitor the parameter, one
is to use the data loggers and the other is to use surveys. Data loggers are not practical for the
project, so surveys would be conducted to capture the cooking habits and stove usage of
households in the target regions.
Every two years a third party consultant would be hired by the project developer to conduct the
survey to quantify the use of baseline devices. Responses to questions in questionnaires collected
from the sampled stove end users would be used to determine the frequency of usage of both the
project stoves and baseline stoves. Simply random sampling would be applied for the consultant
to sample the households from the end user database. Sampling standard would be used for
determining the sample size to achieve 90/10 confidence precision.
B.7.3. Other elements of monitoring plan
The monitoring structure consists of three parts: i) continuous maintenance of total sales records
and end user databases, responsible by the project owner; ii) on-going biennial monitoring activities, organised by the project developer and conducted by the independent third party or consultant; iii) quality assurance, quality control and evaluation, responsible by the project developer.
Please see the monitoring system schematic diagram below:
The project owner should maintain accurate and complete sales records and end user databases
with electronic backups. Data collected by PO should include name of end user, date of sale,
geographic area of sale, model/type and quantity of stoves sold, contact information (telephone
number if available and address), mode of use, etc. The number of end users with contact
information shall be large enough, in order to ensure an adequate end user pool to which random
samplings for surveys can be applied.
The independent third party or consultant would be hired by project developer to conduct the
biennial stove usage survey. The consultant(s) is responsible for accurate and objective data
collection, and hardcopies data with electronic backups collected from surveys and tests by the
consultant(s) should be well kept and provided as requirements.
The project developer would collect all needed records and supporting documentation from the
project owner and the consultant(s) and is responsible for quality assurance and quality control, and
monitoring data analysis and evaluation of emission reductions.
- Data collection and QA/QC procedure
The project activity has proper data collection and QA/QC procedures, which run through the whole
processes from stove production to stove sales.
All the stoves produced by the stove production groups and all stoves sold by sales agents would
be properly recorded, and numbers of production and sales would be cross checked periodically.
The stove production and sales records, and end user databases would be sent to the project
developer yearly for data cross-check and emission reduction calculation. Any faulty data would be
excluded from ER calculation.
The end user databases would also be sent to the third party or consultant(s) for conducting the biennial stove usage surveys, during which samples have been selected from the databases, so that another layer of quality check can also be made by the consultant to see if the sales have actually happened and if any false.
- Provisions for data archiving
Data monitored and required for verification and issuance are kept and archived for at least two
years after the end of the final crediting period or the last issuance of VERs, whichever occurs later.
Data are archived at the end of each month using electronic spreadsheets. The electronic files will
be stored on hard disk or CD-ROM. Physical documentation will be collected and stored by the
project owner and consultant(s).
SECTION C. Duration and crediting period
C.1. Duration of project
C.1.1. Start date of project
>> (Specify start date of the project, in the format of DD/MM/YYYY. Describe how this date has
been determined as per the definition of start date provided in section 3.4.3 of GS4GG Principles
& Requirements document and provide evidence to support this date.)
01/01/2023 The first one or more than one improved stoves have been distributed)
C.1.2. Expected operational lifetime of project
>> (Specify in years)
30 years
C.2. Crediting period of project
5 years for each Design Certification Renewal Cycle and in total two Design Certification Renewal
Cycles
C.2.1. Start date of crediting period
>> (Specify in dd/mm/yyyy. This can be start of project operation or two years prior to the date of
Project Design Certification, whichever is later.)
01/01/2023 (the start date of project operation) or two years prior to the date of Project Design
Cerification, which ever is later
C.2.2. Total length of crediting period
>> (Specify the total length of crediting period sought in line with GS4GG Principles &
Requirements or relevant activity requirements.)
15 years (two Design Certification Renewal Cycles)
SECTION D. Safeguarding principles assessment
D.1. Analysis of social, economic and environmental impacts
>> (Refer the GS4GG Safeguarding Principles and Requirements document for detailed guidance
on carrying out this assessment.)
Safeguarding Principles | Assessment questions | Assessment of relevance to the project (Yes/potentially/no) | Justification | Mitigation measure (if required) |
Social and Economic Impacts | ||||
1 Human Rights | a. b. c. | No | The Project Developer and the Project respect internationally proclaimed human rights and are not complicit in violence or human rights abuses of any kind as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Project does not discriminate with regards to participation and inclusion. | Not Required |
2 Gender Equality and Women’s Rights
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a. Is there a possibility that the Project might reduce or put at risk women’s access to or control of resources, entitlements and benefits? b. Is there a possibility that the Project can adversely affect men and women in marginalised or vulnerable communities? c. Is there a possibility that the Project might not take into account gender roles and the abilities of women or men to participate in the decisions/designs of the project’s activities? d. Does the Project take into account gender roles and the abilities of women or men to benefit from the Project’s activities? e. Does the Project design contribute to an increase in women’s workload that adds to their care responsibilities or that prevents them from engaging in other activities? f. Would the Project potentially reproduce or further deepen discrimination against women based on gender, for instance, regarding their full participation in design and implementation or access to opportunities and benefits? g. Would the Project potentially limit women’s ability to use, develop and protect natural resources, taking into account different roles and priorities of women and men in accessing and managing environmental goods and services? h. Is there a likelihood that the proposed Project would expose women and girls to further risks or hazards? | Yes | For the justifications of the gender assessment questions, please refer to the responses to Question 3 in Section A.8. | Not Required |
3 Community Health, Safety and Working Conditions |
| Yes | The Project reduces firewood and charcoal consumptions by introducting improved and clean cookstoves to local communities, so that chances of end users exposuring to indoor air pollution can be greatly reduced. | Not Required |
4 Cultural Heritage, Indigenous Peoples, Displacement and Resettlement | a. Does the Project Area include sites, structures, orobjects with historical, cultural, artistic, traditional or religious values or intangible forms of culture (e.g., knowledge innovations, or practices)? b. Does the Project require or cause the physical or economic relocation of peoples (temporary or permanent, full or partial)? c. Does the Project require any change to land tenure arrangements and/or other rights? d. For Projects involving landuse tenure, are there any uncertainties with regards land tenure, access rights, usage rights or land ownership? e. Are indigenous peoples present in or within the area of influence of the Project and/or is the Project located on land/territory claimed by indigenous peoples? | No | There is no cultural heritage, or displacement and resettlement of indigenous peoples. | Not Required |
5. Corruption |
| NO | The project does not involve and is not complicit in corruption. | Not Required |
6. economic impacts |
| YES | The project activity is voluntary action by the project owner (local NGO) and provides trainings to the volunteer villagers for producing and distributing the improved cookstoves. Therefore, the project doesn’t involve and complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labour or child labour at any stage. | Not Required |
Enviornmental and Ecological Impacts | ||||
1 Climate Change and Energy | a. Will the Project increase greenhouse gas emissions over the Baseline Scenario? b. Will the Project use energy from a local grid or power supply or fuel resources that provides for other local users? | YES | The project activity distributes improved cookstoves to households, which would reduce the firewood and charcoal consumptions compared to baseline scenario, so that greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced. The project does not use energy from a local grid or power supply that provides for other local users; households under the project still use fuel resource (such as wood, charcoal) for cooking, just like what they do in the baseline scenario. | Not Required |
2 Water | a. Will the Project affect the natural or pre-existing pattern of watercourses, ground-water and/or the watershed(s) such as high seasonal flow variability, flooding potential, lack of aquatic connectivity or water scarcity? b. Could the Project directly or indirectly cause additional erosion and/or water body instability or disrupt the natural pattern of erosion? | NO | The project will not affect the natural water patterns/flows, and the project will not directly or indirectly cause additional erosion. Because the improved stoves would reduce the consumption of wood fuel, which would reduce cutting trees and save the forest, so that the natural water could be conserved by the forest coverage. | Not Required |
3 Environment, ecology and land use | a. Does the Project involve the use of land and soil for production of crops or other products? b. Will the Project be susceptible to or lead to increased vulnerability to wind, earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding, drought or other extreme climatic conditions? c. Could the Project be negatively impacted by the use of genetically modified organisms or GMOs? d. Could the Project potentially result in the release of pollutants to the environment? e. Will the Project involve the manufacture, trade, release, and/or use of hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals and/or materials? f. Will the Project involve the application of pesticides and/or fertilisers? g. Will the Project involve the harvesting of forests? h. Does the Project modify the quantity or nutritional quality of food available such as through crop regime alteration or export or economic incentives? i. Will the Project involve animal husbandry? j. Does the Project physically affect or alter largely intact or High Conservation Value (HCV) ecosystems, critical habitats, landscapes, key biodiversity areas or sites identified? k. Are there any endangered species identified as potentially being present within the Project boundary (including those that may route through the area)? l. Does the Project potentially impact other areas where endangered species may be present through transboundary affects? | Yes | a. The project does not involve the use of land and soil for production of crops, but the project involves the use of soil for extracting clay to produce the improved stoves. b. The project will not be susceptible to or lead to extreme climatic conditions. c. The project does not use GMOs. d. The project does not release pollutants to the environment. e. The project does not involve the manufacture, trade, release, and/or use of hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals and/or materials. f. The project does not involve the application of pesticides and/or fertilisers. g. The project reduces the consumption of fuelwood such as firewood and charcoal, so the harvesting activities of forests for fuelwood would be reduced. h. The project doesn’t modify the quantity or nutritional quality of food available, as the project does not involve any crop regime alteration or export or economic incentives. i. The project doesn’t involve animal husbandry. j. The project doesn’t physically affect or alter largely intact or HCV ecosystems, critical habitats, landscapes, key biodiversity areas or sites identified. k&l. The project is implemented inside the households, it doesn’t involve any impact on endangered species identified as potentially being present within the project boundary. | Not Required |
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SECTION E. Local stakeholder consultation
E.1. Solicitation of comments from stakeholders
>> (Describe how stakeholder consultation was conducted in accordance with GS4GG Stakeholder
Procedure Requirements and Guidelines.)
According to the GS4GG Stakeholder Procedure Requirements and Guidelines, Stakeholder
Consultation process shall comprise of a minimum two rounds of consultation. The first round of
Stakeholder Consultation shall include a physical meeting.
As per requirement, the Stakeholder Consultation process has been conducted during the period
from May to July 2018. In May 2018, email invitation letter has been sent out to stakeholders from
categories D, E and F and invited them to attend the stakeholder consultation meetings which
would be held by the project owner in Cameroon. Project documents such as the Key Project
Information, the introduction of the continuous input & grievance mechanism, and the sustainable
development assessment questionnaire have also been attached, so that stakeholders can learn
about the project and provide their feedbacks or comments if they can’t show up at the meeting.
Project documents has also been public on project developer’s website and stakeholders can also
provide their feedbacks or comments through the webpage.
The project owner has also invited stakeholders from categories A, B and C to participate in the
meetings through phone calls and verbal notifications during May and June 2022.
Four physical meetings have been organized by the project owner in July 2022:
Time | Location | Number of Stakeholder participated
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July 12, 2022
| Town Hall Bangourain
| 19 | 18 from category A and 1 from category C |
July 13 2022 | Town Hall Babessi | 19 | 17 from category A and 2 from category B |
July 18 2022 | Town Hall Bagourain | 20 | 20 from category B |
July 26, 2022 | Town Hall Babessi | 37 | 37 from Category C |
In the opening of each meeting, the project representative explained the goal of the meeting and
introduced the project by using the key project information; then stakeholders can ask questions
and project owner can make further clarification so that stakeholders can further understand he
project. Then, the ‘Input & Grievance Mechanism’ form and the ‘Sustainable Development
Assessment ’questionnaires were distributed to each participant, with the Input & Grievance
Mechanism being introduced firstly and with the questions of social and environmental impacts
being illustrated subsequently, and participants were asked to respond to all questions from the
form and the questionnaire. Finally the project representative invited the stakeholders to fill out the
‘Stakeholder Consultation Meeting Evaluation Form’. After the meeting, forms and questionnaires
have been collected, with the most responses indicating that the project would have positive
impacts on environment and society.
E.2. Summary of comments received
>> (Provide a summary of key comments received during the consultation process.)
All stakeholders participating in the meetings are like the project and think the meetings are very
good, inspiring, educative and impressive.
Stakeholders think the project will reduce the amount of money spent on fuel and the savings can
be spent on food, cloths, medical bills and school fees; the project can also reduce the time of
women and girls for firewood collection so that the saved time can be put into productive and
income generating activities as well as allowing them to participate in public life. Improved stoves
are also good for health as the hazardous air inhalation is reduced due to the use of improved
stoves. Stakeholders consider that the project would empower women as the stove producer
groups are mainly composed of women, and leaders of the groups are elected amongst themselves,
so that the project gives women and girls a platform to make decisions and manage stove relevant
affairs. Moreover, local people getting involved in the activities of improved stove production and
distribution can also earn extra income to improve their financial situation of their families. Besides,
stakeholders thinks it is very good that the project will save the forest by reduced cutting trees for
wood energy, so that the natural water can be conserved through forest coverage.
E.3. Report on consideration of comments received
>> (Describe how the comments have been addressed by providing a clarification to the
stakeholder or by altering the design of the project or by proposing to monitor any anticipated
negative impacts etc.)
Stakeholder Comment | Was comment taken into Account | Explain (Why? How?) |
The price of the improved stoves is still low, which is not adequate to benefit the producers. | Yes | With the support of carbon finance from the project, the project owner (the local NGO) could provide technical trainings on improve stove production technics so that stove producers can produce the improved stoves in good quality, which have stable high thermal efficiency and can last longer, which will lead to high reputation and returned customers; moreover the NGO provides supports for stoves marketing activities such as organising sales promotion events in different communities, and also helps to transport the stoves to other areas for sales, so that more people will know the stove and the sales volume would be greatly increased, so that the producers can gain more income and benefit from the small profits but large volume. |
It takes long before cookstoves are sold out | Yes | With the carbon revenue generated from the project, the project owner (the local NGO) can: i) organize many trainings to make sure that the stove producer groups make stoves of good quality; ii) provide supports for marketing activities so that the improved stoves can be known by more people; iii) and provide supports for transporting the stoves so that the improved stoves can be sold in more regions to more people. Therefore, the cookstoves can be sold out much much faster. |
Minimum supervisory visits from the project team | Yes | Under the current carbon project development process, many site visits and field surveys will be conducted by third party entities. Door-to-door interviews will be needed to collect data and information from households, so that the data of stove and fuel usage pattern and feedbacks regarding the stove usage relevant issues can be collected and monitored. |
Organizational Background and Capacity to implement the project
ADAS was formed as African Development Partnerships in 2009 by a diverse group drawn from development workers, educationalists, social activists and other professionals, is a non-religious, non-political, non-for-profit, and non-governmental organization (NGO). ADAS has been officially registered by the Cameroon
ADAS has been mobilizing local and international volunteers in various development sectors including climate change literacy and mitigation and adaptation actions such as agro forestry, educational programs, trainings and counseling that significantly contribute to enhance the effectiveness of action against climate change and the livelihoods of poor and marginalized / disadvantaged communities in Cameroon. ADAS has also been deploying its volunteers in teaching climate literacy, mitigation and adaptation initiatives and projects, climate change research and entrepreneurship development.
Projects Carried out to date
- Capacity building and introduction of agro forestry in the SW and NW Regions of Cameroon
- Credit Union and Micro credit development schemes for 4 communities in the NW and SW regions of Cameroon
- Climate Smart Agriculture Education and Pilot Project in the northern regions of Cameroon and Chad
- Support to decentralization in the North West Region
- Community water development project in the NW Region of Cameroon
- Promote good climate change and environmental governance in Cameroon and the Congo Basin
PROJECT RISKS, MONITORING & EVALUATION
2.0 Risks to Successful Implementation
No | Risk description | Type of risk | Probability of risk | Risk mitigation measure(s) |
1 | Default payments by villagers during 5 year lending period | Financial | Medium | Households that default will have systems repossessed, and redistributed to other households. Repeating this cycle will, within 1 year, weed out most defaulting households. “Smart Grid” payment systems will be put in place to enable a pay-as-you-go service model to be used such that systems switch off if payment has not been made, and which mimic existing payment habits for mobile phone recharges. Key assumption: rural electrification will not make abnormally large strides in the next 5-10 years. |
2 | Product failure of lighting, phone charging and agro- processing equipment | Technology | Low | Products used for the project have been used for many years in multiple countries, with lighting system and phone charging components generally certified by Lighting Africa/Global or equivalent. Cookstoves and water filters will be run in laboratory situations for the equivalent of 5 years of 1 hour/day operation (2000 hours) before release to the field, to further improve the reliability of the DC motors and other weak points that may occur (such tests have not been affordable yet to date, but field operation to date has been satisfactory). Similar quality testing can be undertaken for additional equipment components. Key assumption: Use of these systems in Cameroon will be similar to use in other countries. |
3 | Cook stoves and water filters are not socially / culturally appropriate | Social | Low | To date, field feedback has indicated that women are far more interested in operating solar cookstoves than their traditional equivaents, due to the perception that they are cheaper and easier to operate than traditional methods. Test runs of example stoves and filters during the first 6 months will check that they are appropriate and functional and at least as good as traditional techniques. It is expected that women will benefit from the technologies more than men. Key assumption: roles and needs in Cameroon are similar to those in countries where this project is already being piloted. |
4 | Lending capital is not raised from Kiva/other crowdfunders as modelled | Financial | Medium | While on-going projects have been fully funded in record time periods, it is possible that some or all of the anticipated fundraising of 3-5 year loans for projects is not successful. In this case, and assuming other non-crowd debt funds are not secured, the worst case scenario is that this will delay the scale up of the interventions. Key assumption: even though Cameroon has MDC status, efforts to crowd source financing will be similarly successful to previous efforts. |
Appendix 1. Contact information of project participants
Organisation Name | African Development Association (ADAS) |
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Street /P.O. Box | Suite 129 |
Building | NWCA Building |
City | Commercial Avenue, Bamenda |
State / Region | North West |
Country | Cameroon |
Telephone | +237 670548441 |
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URL | www.adascam.org |
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Title | Executive Director |
Salutation | Mr |
First Name | Emmanuel |
Last Name | Ngungoh |
Department | Programmes |
Mobile Telephone | +237670548441 |
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