Improved stoves which enable reduced wood consumption for daily cooking, are simple projects and of great value in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

They are particularly suitable to African countries.

The environmental benefits are significant:
- obviously, there is a reduction in CO2 emissions – it is estimated that this simple technique could prevent the emission of 100 million tons of CO2, the equivalent of the United Kingdom’s car emissions (each year) !
- also, reduction in deforestation by limiting the constant cutting of wood for cooking.

The positive impacts in socio-economic terms are of equal importance:
- reduction in toxic smoke from classic stoves which, according to the World Health Organisation, is responsible for the deaths of 1.6 million people each year, including many children
- saving in time for women in rural areas as the burden of preparing wood is reduced
- lowering in household expenses when the wood or charcoal is purchased (which is the case in towns)
- job creation (local craftsmen to build the stoves, intermediaries to market, popularise, train and monitor)

The use of improved stoves in households for daily cooking enables wood consumption to be cut by half. Because CO2 emissions are prevented, it is possible to generate Carbon Credits which will be sold to companies in Europe, who are offsetting or even neutralising their emissions. This financing allows the project to be undertaken and to sell the improved stoves at an extremely low cost which makes their distribution possible. Without the financial transfer of carbon offset, these projects would never exist.

Kiva Carbon can assist you in the following:
- setting out the project, identifying the type of stove suitable for your region;
- carrying out the technical studies;
- training local craftsmen;
- distributing and popularising the stoves with women;
- generation of carbon credits;
- finding the investors who will finance the project and get paid for selling the carbon credits to European companies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 KIva Improved Cooking Stove (for villages), now in tests in Mali :

 

 

Contact us to find out more: we are looking for local partners in Africa, organisations, companies or non-profit associations which are well established locally with references, to be our partner (putting in place a network to manufacture and distribute the stoves). If you know the issues in regard to improved cooking stoves and perhaps what has already been experimented in your country, please contact us. Contact.