CIX is excited to share that Article 6-tagged credits generated by the DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project (VCS 2749) in Rwanda are now available on CIX Marketplace!
This project is one of the first in the world to receive a Letter of Authorisation (LOA) from its host country and remains the first and only Correspondingly Adjusted (CA) tagged project on Verra. LOAs are complex and difficult to deliver – this LOA is the result of DelAgua working in close partnership with the Government of Rwanda for over a decade.
The DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project distributes fuel efficient improved cookstoves (ICS) to rural communities in Rwanda, where many continue to rely on traditional cooking methods. In fact, 93% of households in rural areas use firewood as their primary cooking fuel, with only 15% having access to clean cooking stoves. Such traditional cooking methods contribute to indoor air pollution, leading to over 7,800 premature deaths annually in Rwanda. These practices also disproportionately burden women and girls, who spend significant time and effort collecting and preparing fuel.
The project aims to address these challenges by reducing biomass usage for cooking purposes through the distribution of a high-quality, high-performance ICS. The ICS lowers firewood usage by up to 71% when compared to open fires, reduces household air pollution, and by extension improves the economic and health outcomes for the families. Education and long-term support are an integral part of the project with a team of 7,000 local community workers trained and employed to deliver this vital work, essential to achieving lasting behaviour change.
Having an LOA is an important prerequisite (alongside other programme-specific requirements) to enable new groups of buyers to support the project, in addition to companies buying for their own voluntary climate targets. This includes:
- International airlines under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) programme, which can use such credits from registries approved by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for their compliance obligations;
- Companies in countries like Singapore, which allow some international carbon credits to be used against their carbon taxes.
Together, these new buyers can unlock a crucial new stream of finance to reduce emissions as well as improve community health.
What does it mean to be Article 6-tagged?
The LOA authorises the project’s emission reductions or removals to be used as Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. As such, this project has also been tagged by Verra as available for use in:
- Article 6 Authorised – International mitigation purposes (e.g. use under CORSIA once Verra is approved by ICAO – Verra is currently “conditionally” approved)
- Article 6 Authorised – NDC Use (e.g. use for another country’s NDC)
- Article 6 Authorised – Other purposes (e.g. for use by a buyer to enable its own voluntary commitments)
The host country shall not use these emission reductions or removals authorised as ITMOs to achieve its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
As host countries continue to enhance their capacities for reporting on and meeting climate goals, and as receiving countries or international mitigation schemes expand their coverage of acceptable credits, CIX is excited to play our role in the development of the global Article 6 credit market as the trusted solutions provider for credit transactions.
For companies interested in understanding how Article 6-eligible credits like DelAgua’s can fit into their decarbonisation strategies, please reach out to contact.us@climateimpactx.com.
