CarbonAi has developed Spark, a patent-pending suite of tools for the end-to-end quantification, verification, issuance and management of high-integrity GHG-reduction outcomes from cookstove projects. Spark was developed to bridge the gap between existing carbon market infrastructure and the emerging digital carbon market ecosystem to provide clear, irrefutable proof of claimed GHG reductions, helping project developers to deliver high-integrity, high-value carbon credits.
Why Digital Solutions for Clean Cookstoves?
Clean cookstoves are a critical project type for driving sustainable development in disadvantaged regions. They drastically reduce deforestation, GHG emissions, and respiratory illness, while improving gender equality and addressing other issues associated with traditional open-fire cooking.
Clean cookstove projects are often financed by the sale of carbon credits resulting from replacing open-fire cooking with highly efficient, clean cookstoves. Carbon-financed cookstove projects have been subject to intense scrutiny related to the accuracy and reliability of conventional quantification methods. This creates significant legal, financial, and reputational risk for project investors, carbon credit buyers, and host governments, putting such projects—and the numerous benefits they generate—at grave risk.
For cookstove projects to attract the financing they need, they must demonstrate impeccable credibility to investors, buyers, regulators, and the public at large. Data quality, integrity, and traceability are of the utmost importance, as is the ability to provide irrefutable proof that claimed emission reductions represented by a credit are real.
Do you want to learn more about Spark?
Interested in learning how Spark can support your cookstove projects? Fill out the form below to access a detailed two-page overview and discover how CarbonAi can help you optimize GHG-reduction outcomes. A Spark representative will follow up to provide further insights and answer any questions you may have.