ICVCM hits on promising recipe for cookstoves methodologies

Carbon Market Watch evaluates the ICVCM's recent decisions on cookstove methodologies, praising the rejection of legacy Kyoto Protocol methodologies and the conditional approval of the Gold Standard Metered methodology, while arguing that other approved methodologies like GS-TPDDTEC and VM0050 still contain loopholes regarding adoption and usage rates.

• The ICVCM rejected several problematic legacy cookstove methodologies developed under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, specifically AMS-I.E (switch from non-renewable biomass) and AMS-II.G (enhancing energy efficiency of non-renewable biomass), as well as the Gold Standard simplified methodology, due to evidence of severe over-crediting.
• The Gold Standard methodology for Metered and Measured Energy Cooking Devices was conditionally granted the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label, which is viewed as a positive outcome because it is considered one of the most robust methodologies and uses measured or metered fuel use.
• While the ICVCM conditionally approved the GS-TPDDTEC and VM0050 methodologies, Carbon Market Watch argues they still have loopholes. Specifically, for GS-TPDDTEC, it is recommended that adoption levels be monitored via longitudinal studies, stove use monitors, or a literature-derived value of 58% to account for drop outs.
• For both GS-TPDDTEC and VM0050, the document suggests that deductions should be made for usage rates and stacking rates should be increased to account for the 'Hawthorne effect', where households use project stoves more because they are being observed during a Kitchen Performance Test (KPT).
• The ICVCM's decisions impact the perception of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, particularly as the first credits issued under the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism will come from an AMS-II.G project, which would not meet the CCP label standard.

APA

Faecks, B. (2025). ICVCM hits on promising recipe for cookstoves methodologies. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/03/12/icvcm-hits-on-promising-recipe-for-cookstoves-methodologies/

Chicago

Faecks, Benja. ICVCM hits on promising recipe for cookstoves methodologies. Carbon Market Watch, 2025. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/03/12/icvcm-hits-on-promising-recipe-for-cookstoves-methodologies/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{faecks2025icvcm, author = {Faecks, Benja}, title = {{ICVCM hits on promising recipe for cookstoves methodologies}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/03/12/icvcm-hits-on-promising-recipe-for-cookstoves-methodologies/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }