Africa > UN risks adopting too rigid approach in calculating carbon savings from cookstoves, warn project developers

UN risks adopting too rigid approach in calculating carbon savings from cookstoves, warn project developers

Published 20:49 on October 24, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:49 on October 24, 2023  / Paddy Gourlay /  Africa, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The UNFCCC has come under criticism from project developers for proposing a broad brush approach to improving cookstove carbon crediting methodologies, which the industry says lacks sophistication and fails to use accurate local data in calculating carbon savings.
The UNFCCC has come under criticism from project developers for proposing a broad brush approach to improving cookstove carbon crediting methodologies, which the industry says lacks sophistication and fails to use accurate local data in calculating carbon savings.


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