Darfur Low-Smoke Stoves project

Carbon Finance: Impacts Monitoring and Optimization

LPG stoves in North Darfur, Sudan

The Facts 95% of Sudan’s population uses solid fuels: firewood, charcoal, etc.

For 10 trees cut down only 1 is regrown

Scarcity of biomass: travel 180 km + price increased by 500% since 2008

Gas stoves + cylinder: equivalent to 2/3 monthly salary

No consumer finance

Partnership: private organisation, international and local NGOs

Run by the community

Micro-finance and local women-led management

Eliminates the financial barrier to clean LPG stoves

Funded by the sale of carbon credits

The Project

Project Structure

Carbon Finance Project FundingResult-based financing

Carbon Clear

Practical Action

Low-Smoke Stoves project

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Impacts Monitoring ReportShabaka

Micro fund

Reasons for Offsetting Carbon Emissions

September 2014:Study by Imperial College London University’s Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP)Research investigated 72 of the larger companies participating in voluntary carbon offsetting programmes

Less Reporting, More Monitoring

Maintenance of Beneficiary/Sale Database

Quarterly Kitchen Surveys

Monthly Micro-Finance Records

Yearly Usage Survey

Biennial Water Boiling Tests

Biennial Leakage Assessment

Kitchen Performance Tests

Measuring Impacts: a Few Findings

7,500 stoves distributed

Carbon Emissions: 75,000+ tCO2 avoided

Indoor Air Pollution: 99% acknowledge significant indoor air improvement

Empowering Women: 41% of husbands get involved with cooking activities

Energy Poverty: from 627 MJ to 833 MJ /capita / year

Reduce Deforestation: saving 3,000 tons wood/year

Maximising efficiency and impacts through monitoring

Gas stoves users still using wood and charcoal => lack of cash to refill and issues for cooking traditional dishes

With a gas stove, households save on average 7-8 USD / month

Stoves slowly stop functioning after 6 years of use

Saving staff monitoring time to maximise service time

Stove and fuel cost increase and financial sustainability

Darfur Low-Smoke Stoves ProjectFeatures:

. Result-based financing

. Financial sustainability

. Impacts maximisation

. Replicability

. Innovative partnership

Partners:

. Practical Action

. Carbon Clear

. Women Development Associations