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The Cookstove Project provides a number of positive impacts for the refugee and the host community in Bangladesh. By lessening the amount of trees and brush cut down for firewood, the project preserves biodiversity. Reducing fumes and smoke in refugee homes improves reduces their risk of health complications associated with poor air quality and improves their quality of life, while boosting air quality as a whole in their communities an surrounding area.
The StarCB (SCB) company secures funding and develops carbon projects around the world. The Rohingya Refugee Cookstove Project works directly with local communities and is supported on the ground by SCB staff Shreya, Khaleq, and Sandeep. This local team ensures that on the ground facilities can provide vision and logistical support for the project.
Positive modifications to air quality achieved by controlling and reducing pollution levels, dust, particulate matter (PM) emissions, and by consistently monitoring overall quality.
The project encourages switching to a more efficient smokeless cookstove that mitigates emissions and improves indoor air quality.
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Self-Reported
Long-term measurement and assessment of pollutant levels in outdoor air through monitoring stations and networks.
The project promotes efficient, smokeless cookstoves. It also assesses and monitors improvements to indoor and outdoor air quality using established metrics.
Trust
Self-Reported
Use of machinery or equipment at appropriate size and scale in a manner that considers contextual factors (e.g., cultural preferences, ecosystem fragility, availability or affordability of technology, etc.).
Field officers collect data through a customized web-based app adapted to the project needs and technological capacities.
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Self-Reported
The capturing, removal, and storage of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the earth's atmosphere; effectiveness typically expressed in terms of anticipated stability and duration of storage.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region, allowing for increased carbon sequestration.
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Third-Party Verification
Halting or avoiding the removal of preexisting forest ecosystems; often requires combatting the conversion of forest ecosystems into land for commercial, industrial, or agricultural uses.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region by reducing fuel wood consumption.
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Third-Party Verification
Management practices that focus on strengthening or restoring forest ecosystems to increase carbon stocks and reduce GHG emissions; may also focus on reducing GHG emissions and biodiversity loss from forestry disturbance.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces firewood consumption and subsequently decreases the rate of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the region.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Measurement and assessment of pollutants in indoor environments (e.g., residential, commercial, or industrial buildings).
The project promotes adoption of efficient, emissions-mitigating, and smokeless cookstoves, and it assesses indoor air quality improvements through periodic monitoring and baseline metrics.
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Self-Reported
Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
The project encourages switching to a more efficient, smokeless cookstove that mitigates carbon emissions. Use of the cookstoves also reduces deforestation and subsequent carbon losses.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Devices that use transducers to collect input data from the physical environment; data is then sent to network connection as a tool for carbon MRV.
The project uses simple and straightforward technologies to keep track of project data including cloud data storage and sensors in the cookstoves.
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Self-Reported
Halting or avoiding the removal of preexisting forest ecosystems; often requires combatting the conversion of forest ecosystems into land for commercial, industrial, or agricultural uses.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region by reducing fuel wood consumption.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Management practices that focus on strengthening or restoring forest ecosystems to increase carbon stocks and reduce GHG emissions; may also focus on reducing GHG emissions and biodiversity loss from forestry disturbance.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces firewood consumption and subsequently decreases the rate of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the region.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Use of sustainable water management practices to reduce consumption of water resources and to use water resources more efficiently; in agriculture, examples may include improved irrigation schedules and crop-specific irrigation techniques.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region and subsequently ensures better water-holding capacity for soil and in local evapotranspiration cycles.
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Self-Reported
Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
The project encourages switching to a more efficient, smokeless cookstove that mitigates carbon emissions. Use of the cookstoves also reduces deforestation and subsequent carbon losses.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Devices that use transducers to collect input data from the physical environment; data is then sent to network connection as a tool for carbon MRV.
The project uses simple and straightforward technologies to keep track of project data including cloud data storage and sensors in the cookstoves.
Trust
Self-Reported
The capturing, removal, and storage of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the earth's atmosphere; effectiveness typically expressed in terms of anticipated stability and duration of storage.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region, allowing for increased carbon sequestration.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
A natural or artificial reservoir that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere; helps mitigate climate change by reducing the concentration of GHGs; systems that absorb more carbon than they release (e.g., forests, oceans, soils) play a crucial role in balancing the carbon cycle.
The project helps mitigate deforestation issues to ensure that carbon is sequestered and stable within surrounding forest ecosystems serving as carbon sinks.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Halting or avoiding the removal of preexisting forest ecosystems; often requires combatting the conversion of forest ecosystems into land for commercial, industrial, or agricultural uses.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region by reducing fuel wood consumption.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Management practices that focus on strengthening or restoring forest ecosystems to increase carbon stocks and reduce GHG emissions; may also focus on reducing GHG emissions and biodiversity loss from forestry disturbance.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces firewood consumption and subsequently decreases the rate of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the region.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Use of sustainable water management practices to reduce consumption of water resources and to use water resources more efficiently; in agriculture, examples may include improved irrigation schedules and crop-specific irrigation techniques.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region and subsequently ensures better water-holding capacity for soil and in local evapotranspiration cycles.
Trust
Self-Reported
Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
The project encourages switching to a more efficient, smokeless cookstove that mitigates carbon emissions. Use of the cookstoves also reduces deforestation and subsequent carbon losses.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Devices that use transducers to collect input data from the physical environment; data is then sent to network connection as a tool for carbon MRV.
The project uses simple and straightforward technologies to keep track of project data including cloud data storage and sensors in the cookstoves.
Trust
Self-Reported
The ability of soil to support plant growth for agriculture purposes or as suitable habitat for native plants; in agriculture, assesses the soil's ability to provide sustained and consistent yields of high quality crops.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region, which leads to reduced disturbance of soil ecosystems and fertility.
Trust
Self-Reported
Positive modifications to air quality achieved by controlling and reducing pollution levels, dust, particulate matter (PM) emissions, and by consistently monitoring overall quality.
The project encourages switching to a more efficient smokeless cookstove that mitigates emissions and improves indoor air quality.
Trust
Self-Reported
The capturing, removal, and storage of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the earth's atmosphere; effectiveness typically expressed in terms of anticipated stability and duration of storage.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region, allowing for increased carbon sequestration.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
A natural or artificial reservoir that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere; helps mitigate climate change by reducing the concentration of GHGs; systems that absorb more carbon than they release (e.g., forests, oceans, soils) play a crucial role in balancing the carbon cycle.
The project helps mitigate deforestation issues to ensure that carbon is sequestered and stable within surrounding forest ecosystems serving as carbon sinks.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Halting or avoiding the removal of preexisting forest ecosystems; often requires combatting the conversion of forest ecosystems into land for commercial, industrial, or agricultural uses.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region by reducing fuel wood consumption.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Management practices that focus on strengthening or restoring forest ecosystems to increase carbon stocks and reduce GHG emissions; may also focus on reducing GHG emissions and biodiversity loss from forestry disturbance.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces firewood consumption and subsequently decreases the rate of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the region.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Use of sustainable water management practices to reduce consumption of water resources and to use water resources more efficiently; in agriculture, examples may include improved irrigation schedules and crop-specific irrigation techniques.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region and subsequently ensures better water-holding capacity for soil and in local evapotranspiration cycles.
Trust
Self-Reported
Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
The project encourages switching to a more efficient, smokeless cookstove that mitigates carbon emissions. Use of the cookstoves also reduces deforestation and subsequent carbon losses.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Devices that use transducers to collect input data from the physical environment; data is then sent to network connection as a tool for carbon MRV.
The project uses simple and straightforward technologies to keep track of project data including cloud data storage and sensors in the cookstoves.
Trust
Self-Reported
The ability of soil to support plant growth for agriculture purposes or as suitable habitat for native plants; in agriculture, assesses the soil's ability to provide sustained and consistent yields of high quality crops.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region, which leads to reduced disturbance of soil ecosystems and fertility.
Trust
Self-Reported
The extent to which a person or household has the financial capacity to purchase or access a product, service, or basic necessity without facing undue financial burden. Often measured relative to the local economy in a given place.
The project dispenses cookstove materials, support, and information free of charge to the Rohingya Refugee population in order to ensure efficient stoves are accessible and affordable for all.
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Self-Reported
Long-term measurement and assessment of pollutant levels in outdoor air through monitoring stations and networks.
The project promotes efficient, smokeless cookstoves. It also assesses and monitors improvements to indoor and outdoor air quality using established metrics.
Trust
Self-Reported
The provision of fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits and responsibilities between women and men.
Women comprise 50% of the personnel employed by the project, and women's groups are formed to encourage social interaction and empowerment that might not have occurred otherwise.
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Self-Reported
Assurance that an employee can continue working their current job for the foreseeable future.
The project uses manufacturing facilities to produce the cookstoves, and it uses a network of sub-offices and local administrations to manage operations and distribution systems.
Trust
Self-Reported
Measurement and assessment of pollutants in indoor environments (e.g., residential, commercial, or industrial buildings).
The project promotes adoption of efficient, emissions-mitigating, and smokeless cookstoves, and it assesses indoor air quality improvements through periodic monitoring and baseline metrics.
Trust
Self-Reported
Fostering connections and collaborations between producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to maximize positive social, economic, and ecological impacts within communities and across regions.
The project employs the community to administer monthly visits and verifications. They provide the data, which is reviewed for accuracy, verified, and then put into the carbon count.
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Self-Reported
Intermittent inspections of a project or intervention to assess and verify that anticipated impact (e.g., carbon stocks, emissions reductions) and permanence are occurring as intended.
Data related to the number of cookstoves deployed is updated on a daily basis, and random checks occur on a monthly basis after the installations are verified.
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Third-Party Verification
Gathering data on socioeconomic factors (e.g., income, education, employment, access to services) to understand disparities and identify areas that require targeted interventions.
Field officers collect background information, cookstove information, the status of cookstoves, and the needs and status of houses from clients using a web-based app.
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Self-Reported
The increased capacity of women to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from economic resources and opportunities (e.g., jobs, financial services, property, skills development); increases ability to negotiate fairer distribution of benefits derived from economic growth.
Switching to more efficient cookstoves reduces the burden on women to collect fuelwood and also reduces health impacts that stem from cooking with less efficient stoves.
Trust
Self-Reported
Positive modifications to air quality achieved by controlling and reducing pollution levels, dust, particulate matter (PM) emissions, and by consistently monitoring overall quality.
The project encourages switching to a more efficient smokeless cookstove that mitigates emissions and improves indoor air quality.
Trust
Self-Reported
Use of machinery or equipment at appropriate size and scale in a manner that considers contextual factors (e.g., cultural preferences, ecosystem fragility, availability or affordability of technology, etc.).
Field officers collect data through a customized web-based app adapted to the project needs and technological capacities.
Trust
Raw Data
The capturing, removal, and storage of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the earth's atmosphere; effectiveness typically expressed in terms of anticipated stability and duration of storage.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region, allowing for increased carbon sequestration.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
A natural or artificial reservoir that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere; helps mitigate climate change by reducing the concentration of GHGs; systems that absorb more carbon than they release (e.g., forests, oceans, soils) play a crucial role in balancing the carbon cycle.
The project helps mitigate deforestation issues to ensure that carbon is sequestered and stable within surrounding forest ecosystems serving as carbon sinks.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Halting or avoiding the removal of preexisting forest ecosystems; often requires combatting the conversion of forest ecosystems into land for commercial, industrial, or agricultural uses.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces the rate of deforestation in the region by reducing fuel wood consumption.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Management practices that focus on strengthening or restoring forest ecosystems to increase carbon stocks and reduce GHG emissions; may also focus on reducing GHG emissions and biodiversity loss from forestry disturbance.
Using efficient cookstoves reduces firewood consumption and subsequently decreases the rate of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the region.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
The project encourages switching to a more efficient, smokeless cookstove that mitigates carbon emissions. Use of the cookstoves also reduces deforestation and subsequent carbon losses.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Devices that use transducers to collect input data from the physical environment; data is then sent to network connection as a tool for carbon MRV.
The project uses simple and straightforward technologies to keep track of project data including cloud data storage and sensors in the cookstoves.
Trust
Self-Reported
Gathering data on socioeconomic factors (e.g., income, education, employment, access to services) to understand disparities and identify areas that require targeted interventions.
Field officers collect background information, cookstove information, the status of cookstoves, and the needs and status of houses from clients using a web-based app.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
The Rohingya Refugee Cookstove Project uses a meticulous approach to monitor, report, and verify its impacts. It uses established metrics and periodic monitoring to assess changes in air quality, emissions reductions, and the amount of wood used for fuel. Field officers collect data through a web-based app to ensure accurate and comprehensive collection of data.
The project also follows stringent regulatory and voluntary guidelines, adhering to Gold Standard Emission Reductions methodologies to demonstrate additional carbon reductions. Its cloud-based infrastructure allows for real-time storage and verification of data, with monthly household data validation visits, and it comprehensively measures its environmental and social impacts to maintain complete data transparency.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity. 
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all. 
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods. 
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results. 
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries. 
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process. 
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data. 
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity.
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all.
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods.
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results.
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries.
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process.
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data.
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity.
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all.
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods.
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results.
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries.
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process.
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data.
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity. 
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity.
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all.
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods.
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results.
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries.
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process.
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data.
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity. The Rohingya Refugee Cookstove Project employs a variety of established standards and methodologies to accurately measure and assess impacts through the StarCB (SCB) company. For reduced emissions from cooking and heating, it adheres to the Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption (TPDDTEC) standard.
To measure the safe drinking water supply and its carbon credits, the project relies on Verra Methodologies such as VMR0006, for High Efficiency Firewood Cookstoves, and VM0018, for Energy Efficiency and Solid Waste Diversion within a Sustainable Community. These methodologies provide a structured framework to measure and quantify the project’s positive impacts on emissions reductions, energy efficiency, and waste diversion.
The project also establishes a baseline scenario that represents continued use of non-renewable wood fuel (e.g., firewood, charcoal) by the target population to meet their thermal energy needs, which serves as a reference point for measurement. By providing a baseline to compare the project’s impacts, this demonstrates the additional benefits and emissions reductions achieved through the use of efficient cookstoves. The project’s commitment to using standardized measurement methodologies and a well-defined baseline scenario ensure accuracy and credibility for its reported results.
The Rohingya Refugee Cookstove Project employs a systematic and transparent approach to reporting its impacts. It annually reports its outcomes through SCB, the project developer, and through the Bondhu Foundation, working on the ground to ensure comprehensive reporting. This collaboration, in addition to the use of a specialized application used by the local community, facilitates effective data collection and verification.
The project also adheres to established measurement standards that provide a structured framework to accurately quantify its impacts. The annual data that is collected is meticulously reviewed and verified using these standards to ensuring that reported results align with the project’s objectives and chosen measurement methodologies.
By engaging with local organizations such as the Bondhu Foundation, the project gathers real-time information on the ground, thus enabling timely and accurate reporting of its social and environmental impacts. This collaborative approach not only ensures transparency, it also enhances the project’s accountability, which ultimately contributes to its credibility and effectiveness in achieving its goals.
The Rohingya Refugee Cookstove Project maintains a rigorous approach to verification to ensure the accuracy and credibility as required by Gold Standard registration, which is a recognized and respected certification process for carbon credit projects. The project also relies on annual reporting through entities like the StarCB company and the Bondhu Foundation. These organizations contribute to the verification process by conducting regular site visits and by reviewing the reported data to validate results. For carbon credits in particular, the project’s target is to generate at least 200,000 carbon credits each year over a 5-year period, representing a substantial reduction of at least 1 million metric tonnes of CO₂ emissions.
The combination of the Gold Standard registration and the involvement of local organizations in the verification process ensures the project’s impacts are thoroughly assessed, certified, and validated, thereby upholding the project’s transparency, credibility, and overall effectiveness in achieving its environmental and social objectives.
The Rohingya Refugee Cookstove Project minimizes the risk of non-delivery through a comprehensive due diligence process that scrutinizes both its feasibility and technical parameters. The project collaborates with an experienced project developer that has successfully executed over 26 high-impact projects. The credibility of the project’s credits is further affirmed by their retirement from reputable organizations like PwC and the Laudes Foundation, which are renowned for their stringent standards in carbon credit assessment.
Moreover, the StarSCB company (SCB) ensures alignment between the project’s objectives and those of local authorities, and prioritizes active involvement of local communities and organizations in the project’s activities. This community-centered approach is pivotal to the its success. SCB also remains committed to regular site visits and vigilant monitoring efforts to ensure the project is on track and consistently meets its goals.
While efficient cookstoves effectively preserve carbon stocks in forests and land areas, these areas are susceptible to threats such as deforestation, degradation, and the release of stored carbon back into the atmosphere due to activities like land conversion or wildfires. These factors introduce the possibility of reversing the project’s positive impacts.
Non-permanence is a concern for the project, but it offers advantages by directly addressing deforestation drivers and their impact on carbon forest stocks, as opposed to other forestry projects that impact carbon stocks more indirectly. However, the risk of reversal varies, dependent on factors such as the current deforestation rates in surrounding forests.
The project is required to confirm the presence of regulatory surplus in compliance with the guidelines and criteria specified in the most recent standards put forth by Gold Standard. The project must also verify that it is not compelled or mandated by any legal or regulatory framework (e.g., laws, other mandatory regulations).
The project follows strict guidelines for leakage provided by Gold Standard. Leakage related to non-renewable firewood that is saved through the project is assessed based on ex-post surveys of users and the areas from which this firewood is sourced. The potential source of leakage due to the use of non-renewable firewood saved under the project by non-project households/users that previously used renewable energy sources is considered.
The Rohingya Refugee Cookstove Project’s credits are sold on the voluntary market for about $8 per tonne. Credits with a vintage of 2017 and beyond are trading at market prices between $11 and $15 per tonne, according to data from VCM Partners.
The StarSCB company (SCB) has been a leader in the low carbon sector and is able to bring these credits to market, leveraging its market expertise and extensive project development experience. SCB is known for its culture of collaboration and innovation to create a low carbon future. As an early adopter of decentralized technology and radical transparency, SCB is the preferred partner for fostering investments in projects that benefit not only the environment, but also the health and well-being of local communities, and it believes in market-driven climate solutions for the Global South.
Rohingya Refugee Cookstove participants are paid before the project is started so they do not have to wait for credits to be sold to be compensated. Over time, preset milestones are being reached, and the project and its participants continue to be paid accordingly.
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