UN Paris Agreement crediting body approves clean cooking methodologies with safeguard waiver
The UN body overseeing the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism has adopted two methodologies for household cooking activities. Clean cooking projects can now earn credits under the mechanism. Some projects will also be exempt from a safeguard that normally applies across the mechanism.
The decision comes from the UN body that oversees the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism. It adopted two methodologies covering household cooking activities. As a result, clean cooking projects can now seek credits through this international mechanism. The approval also includes a waiver: some projects will not be subject to a safeguard that generally applies across the mechanism. This places clean cooking within the mechanism’s rules for generating credits.
The change could affect project developers, households targeted by clean cooking efforts, and participants in carbon markets. If more clean cooking projects can earn credits, they may attract greater interest or financing, potentially expanding access to cleaner household cooking. The safeguard waiver may also shape how observers view the mechanism’s environmental and social protections. These effects are uncertain and would depend on how projects are designed, approved, and used in practice.