First ever cook stove PoA in Africa registered with the CDM
Gujarat Forum CDM
(Bonn, 20 February 2012) - The first Africa-based Programme of
Activities (PoA) focusing on efficient cook stoves has been
successfully registered with the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
This programme, the fifth PoA to be registered in Africa, aims to
disseminate 100,000 cook stoves in Nigeria within the next five years.
It expects to reduce emissions by as much as 250,000 tonnes of CO2
annually; the equivalent of taking 44,470 cars off the road each year.
The use of unsustainably harvested wood to fuel inefficient cook
stoves is one of the main drivers of deforestation in Nigeria. Stoves
distributed in this CDM PoA reduce fuel wood usage by up to 80 percent
according to the PoA design document. Other benefits of the project
include improved respiratory health, decreased fuel costs for
households and increased time for income generating activities.
“With almost 4,000 projects registered in more than 70 countries, the
CDM has been a success beyond expectations,” said Martin Hession,
Chair of the CDM Executive Board. “Programmes of Activities can help
extend the benefits of the CDM even further, especially to those
countries that have yet to benefit from the mechanism.”
Once a PoA is registered, an unlimited number of similar projects can
be added and administered over time without the need to register each
one individually. The ability to group a number of smaller activities
under the umbrella of a single programme, reduces transaction costs
and makes the CDM more attractive to least developed countries (LDCs).
For most LDCs, especially in Africa, single CDM projects are often too
small to be financially viable.
Since the PoA procedures were adopted by the CDM Executive Board, 16
have been registered. More than 230 projects are currently in the PoA
pipeline.
For more information on CDM PoA 5067: Improved Cooking Stoves for
Nigeria Programme of Activities, visit:
<http://cdm.unfccc.int/ProgrammeOfActivities/poa_db/7R1B09HSJV3FKIZYCA4D6XQOETP5GN/view>
For more information on CDM PoAs in general, visit:
<http://cdm.unfccc.int/ProgrammeOfActivities/index.html>
For further information please contact:
David Abbass, Public Information Officer, UNFCCC at:
CDM-...@unfccc.int, +49 (0) 228-815-1511