Verra proposes revisions to cookstoves offset methodology inherited from CDM

Published 18:24 on March 28, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:39 on March 28, 2023  / /  International, Voluntary

Offset standards body and registry Verra on Tuesday launched a public consultation to seek feedback on planned revisions to its high efficiency firewood cookstoves methodology, which along with similar projects have recently come under fire for over-crediting by up to a factor of six.
Offset standards body and registry Verra on Tuesday launched a public consultation to seek feedback on planned revisions to its high efficiency firewood cookstoves methodology, which along with similar projects have recently come under fire for over-crediting by up to a factor of six.


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