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1 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT CONTENTS A. Project title B. Project description C. Proof of project eligibility D. Unique Project Identification E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process F. Outcome sustainability assessment G. Sustainability monitoring plan H. Additionality and conservativeness deviations Annex 1 ODA declarations 1

2 SECTION A. Project Title Efficient Cook Stoves for Cameroon s Littoral and South-West Regions Version 1 Date of Completion: SECTION B. Project description Aim of the project activity The project activity aims at reducing the fuel wood consumption of households by disseminating at subsidized prices energy efficient stoves in the south west and littoral regions of Cameroon. These zones are covered by lowland-, mountain-, swamp- and mangrove forests. Users of the efficient cook stoves will be households that used inefficient tree-stones-fireplaces or inefficient charcoal stoves before. Cameroon has recorded significant damage to its ecosystems in the last several decades following the unsustainable use and exploitation of natural resources. The 22 million hectares of forestland are receding by about 100,000 hectares per year. The main causes of this damage are: poaching, overgrazing, bush fires, and fraudulent exploitation of forestry resources for exportation, timber and firewood 1. The ongoing deforestation in the project area, especially in the mangrove forest near to Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, and mountain forests of Mt. Cameroon is a serious concern for these ecosystems as the population pressure on the resources is increasing. The wood demand for household energy largely exceeds the available renewable woody biomass. The fuel wood consumption by Cameroonian households was estimated at 17,935,000 cubic meters 2 for the year Traditional energy sources (wood, charcoal etc.) have a great share (65%) in the total energy consumption balance sheet of the country. 98.7% of Cameroonian poor households used only fuel wood/charcoal for cooking. 36% of households in Douala use solely fuel wood for cooking 3. Using efficient stoves enables the households to save up to 80% of fuel wood. By reducing the fuel wood and charcoal consumption, the project activity largely contributes on the one hand to reduce 1 Cameroon MDGR 2003http://

3 greenhouse gas emissions from the use of non-renewable biomass and on the other hand to reduce household s expenditures for fuel wood. Thus it contributes to poverty alleviation. As of date, there are no improved stoves available in Cameroon with the capacity of saving of about 60% of wood. The project is implemented by the Cameroonian association Pro Climate International (distributor) and the Germany based organization atmosfair ggmbh. Technology of project activity The Envirofit G3300 is an improved stove which is fabricated by the organization Envirofit International. As specified by the manufacturer this stove uses about 60% less fuel wood than traditional stoves such as the three-stone-fire and its thermal efficiency is 32.6%. A port (stove mouth) on one side of the stoves enables the user to feed fuel wood into the burning chamber. The inner and outer wood grate helps to feed in the wood and guarantee better ventilation. Only small wood sticks are needed to start the fire and keep it burning. After lighting, air is sucked in and enters the burning chamber from below. The combustion chamber is made out of alloy which prevents deterioration of the chamber and gives it an exceptionally long life. The design of the stove enables a fully combustion with a highly reduced smoke emission and only a small production of ash. Therefore CO 2 emissions are reduced. Measures for the implementation of the project activity Organisational structure of the project. Atmosfair ggmbh undertakes the securing of funding and pre-financing of the project activity. Efficient cook stoves with all their components are ordered by atmosfair and shipped to Cameroon. When they arrive in Cameroon, they are transported to several workshops and sales centers. Pro Climate International trains locals that will assemble the stoves (if required). atmosfair and Pro Climate will ensure that every stove sold under the project has a unique serial number. Pro Climate International is responsible for sales, monitoring, training as well as for customer support. Trainings and demonstrations on how to use the stoves are conducted in the target areas of the project. Pro Climate International will conduct the user data collection and storage and record all relevant information necessary for monitoring in a database. A carbon monitoring officer will be assigned by Pro Climate International for this purpose. The preparation of the monitoring report is the responsibility of both Pro Climate International and atmosfair ggmbh. The main office of Pro Climate International is located in Buea, capital of the South West Region. From there, improved stoves are going to be sold at subsidized prices to households of Douala and 3

4 Buea, as well as in the other areas of the south west and littoral regions of Cameroon. Pro Climate International will conduct cooking demonstrations and raise the awareness of potential users upon the benefits of using them, in particular about the savings in fuel wood consumption. Local focal points, i.e. local partners including women groups, associations, village development committees, church communities, etc. will promote the dissemination of the stoves amongst their members. 4

5 SECTION C. Proof of project eligibility C.1. Scale of the Project Please tick where applicable: Project Type Large Small X C.2. Host Country Republic of Cameroon 5

6 C.3. Project Type Please tick where applicable: Project type Yes No Does your project activity classify as a Renewable Energy project? X Does your project activity classify as an End-use Energy Efficiency Improvement project? X Please justify the eligibility of your project activity: The GS micro-scale project activity is an end-use energy efficiency improvement category, (Type (ii): Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects) and applies the small scale baseline and monitoring methodology AMS II G., version 3, Energy Efficiency Measures in Thermal Applications of Non- Renewable Biomass Pre Announcement Yes No Was your project previously announced? X Explain your statement on pre announcement There has not been a public announcement of the project going ahead without carbon funding. The project was planned as a project financed entirely by carbon revenues right from the beginning. 6

7 C.4. Greenhouse gas Greenhouse Gas Carbon dioxide X Methane Nitrous oxide C.5. Project Registration Type Project Registration Type Regular X Pre-feasibility assessment Retroactive projects (T.2.5.1) Preliminary evaluation (eg: Large Hydro or palm oil-related project) (T.2.5.2) Rejected by UNFCCC (T2.5.3) If Retroactive, please indicate Start Date of Construction dd/mm/yyyy: 7

8 SECTION D. Unique project identification D.1. GPS-coordinates of project location Latitude Longitude Coordinates 04 09' 00" N 09 13' 48" E Explain given coordinates The coordinates of the capital of the South-West Region are used to represent the physical location of the project activity. However, the project activity is located in the Cameroonian Littoral and South-West region. The project boundaries are therefore the administrative regional boundaries of these 2 provinces (see D.2). 8

9 D.2. Map GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Source: googlemaps.com / project boundaries are marked in red Source: The Project activity is located in the South-West (10) and Littoral regions (5). These areas are covered by mountain-, swamp-, and mangrove forests. Map Number Region Population (Census 2010) Regional Capital 5 Littoral 2,510,263 Douala 10 South West 1,384,286 Buéa 9

10 SECTION E. GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Outcome stakeholder consultation process E.1. Assessment of stakeholder comments Public participation for the project activity has formed an integral part of project planning; indeed, dissemination of efficient cook stoves would not be possible without a demand by the users. Every user voluntary decides to purchase an efficient cook stove system and therefore decides voluntary to participate in the project activity. Procedure followed to invite comments The initial stakeholder consultation took place on Thursday, 23 June 2011, at the Capitol Hotel in Buea. Participants included local population and potential users of the efficient cook stoves, local politicians, traditional rulers and local NGOs. In total 41 participants attended the meeting. The stakeholder consultation was conducted bilingually in the official languages of Cameroon: English and French. Invitation to the consultation was done by - Public Advertisement at the rural council of Buea - Individual Invitation by , Phone and/or personally - Banner and posters at the day of the stakeholder consultation inviting to participate at the Stakeholder consultation. The Gold Standard Foundation was informed about the event by and consulted by . Stakeholders received a non-technical summary of the planned project activity. See GS Local Stakeholder Consultation report for details. Stakeholder comments Stakeholders highly welcomed the project and see the advantages of it. There was no opposition to the project nor where they outright negative comments. Questions and comments from the stakeholders turned around the following issues: - Affordability of the stoves - Size of the stove - Local Fabrication of the Stove - Change of cooking habits through the use of the efficient cook stove Due to financial subventions the stoves will be even affordable to low-income households in the project area. Some stakeholders criticised the size of the presented Envirofit stove. Therefore there is the plan to offer different types of stoves, varying in their size. Nonetheless, these stoves need to be imported at the moment due to high material costs and the not yet existing know-how how to produce them. But in the future project participants as well as the local population strive for the local 10

11 fabrication of high efficient cook stoves. During the consultation the project participants noticed the fear of some stakeholders that the implementation of the highly efficient cook stoves will have a negative impact on their traditions and especially cooking habits. But typical dishes in the project area such as Kwakoko, Jellof Rice or Rice and Beans have been tested on the efficient cook stoves and it could be demonstrated that it will also be possible to cook local dishes with these stoves. E.2. Stakeholder Feedback Round During the Stakeholder Feedback Round, atmosfair will publish the documents related to the project such as the Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report on the atmosfair website ( Additionally, the report will be available as printed version at the office of the local partner, Pro Climate International. Via , phone and letters, all the stakeholders from the first physical meeting, the Local Stakeholder Consultation, will be informed and reminded again about the Feedback Round and encouraged to give comments and suggestions on the reports and the design of the project. The feedback round will then last for 2 months. The Stakeholder Feedback Round will start in January 2012 and will end in March 2012 (It will be ensured, that the period is going to cover two months). 11

12 SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment F.1. Do no harm Assessment 12

13 Safeguarding principles Description of relevance to my project Assessment of my project risks breaching it (low, medium, high) Human Rights The host country has ratified the following conventions: Mitigation measure UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the 27 th of June 1984a 4 1 The project respects internationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property and uniqueness of indigenous people. The project is not complicit in Human Rights abuses. UN International Convent on Civil and Political Rights on the 27 th of June 1984a 5 The project respects internationally proclaimed human rights and doesn t abuse them as people are not forced to change cultural habits. Through the use of efficient cook stoves they won t have to change their cooking habits. Contrary, women will have increased time availability for other purposes than cooking and fuel wood collection, which may even lead to better education as well as the enforcement of gender rights. Low

14 Moreover, participation is completely voluntary and the parties will not exclude anyone from participation in the project due to gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. 2 The project does not involve and is not complicit in involuntary resettlement. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. The project does not involve any involuntary resettlement as people are voluntarily using the efficient cook stoves and no one will need to move/change their living conditions/situations by using this new technology. low - 3 The project does not involve and is not complicit in the alteration, damage or removal of any critical cultural heritage. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. The project doesn t involve the alteration, damage or removal of any critical cultural heritage as the project doesn t involve the building of facilities at specific sites of cultural heritage. The stoves will just be used in kitchens of the participant s households and cooking habitats don t have to be changed. Even cultural traditional dishes can be cooked on the improved stoves. Contrary, the project will make an important contribution to the protection of the new National Parc of Mount Cameroon and its ecosystem. The forests around Mount Cameroon are important areas of cultural value for the local population. low - 14

15 Labour Standards Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. The host country has ratified the following Conventions: UN Convention on the right of the child on the 11 th of January ILO Convention 87 (Freedom of Association) on the 07 th of June ILO Convention 98 (Right to collective bargaining) on the 03 rd of September ILO Convention 29 (elimination of forced and compulsory labour) on the 07 th of June ILO Convention 105 on the 03 rd of September ILO Convention 138 (minimum age) on the 13 th of August ILO Convention 182 (worst form of child labour) on the 5 th of August

16 ILO Convention 100 (equal remuneration) on the 25 th of May ILO Convention 111 (Discrimination in employment/occupation) on the 13 th of May The project respects the employees freedom of association and their right to collective bargaining and is not complicit in restrictions of these freedoms and rights Cameroon is member of the International Labour Organization 15 Every employee of Pro Climate International and atmosfair ggmbh is free to associate with whomever he/she wants and this freedom won t be limited by the initiators. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. low - 5 The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labour. Pro Climate International and atmosfair ggmbh do not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labour. Employees are offering their services on a voluntary basis and they can quit their services without any menace of penalty. Low - Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no

17 6 The project does not employ and is not complicit in any form of child labour. mitigation measures are necessary. Pro Climate International and atmosfair ggmbh do not and will not employ children. Low - 7 The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. The project will focus on private households within the project boundary. It will be the voluntary choice of the households to participate. The project will be explained in public gatherings and therefore provide anyone with interest equal access to join the project. The project will not involve any form of discrimination or preference based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis. Low - Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. Risk of burning injuries during the cooking demonstration as well as for children and other users through improper use of the cooker. 8 The project provides workers with a safe and healthy work environment and is not complicit in exposing workers to unsafe or unhealthy work environments. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is relevant to the project, as a safe and healthy work environment should obviously be in place in any activity. However, risks for health and safety are much lower Low In the cooking demonstrations users are instructed on the safe use of the improved cook stoves. A manual, disseminated with the stove systems gives operating instructions to avoid burning injuries. 17

18 Environmental Protection GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT than in e.g. industrial projects. Additionally, the risk of burning injuries is even far low compared to the open fire (traditional stoves), the baseline scenario. The host country has ratified the following relevant conventions: 9 The project takes a precautionary approach in regard to environmental challenges and is not complicit in practices contrary to the precautionary principle. This principle can be defined as: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the UN Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the 28 th of August UN Convention on Biological Diversity on the 19 th of October UN Convention to combat Desertification on the 29 th of May UN United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the 19th of October No harmful effects are stemming from the use of the improved cook stoves. Contrary, Indoor Air Pollution will be reduced and the unsustainable harvesting of wood from forests will decrease. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no Low

19 environment precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. 10 The project does not involve and is not complicit in significant conversion or degradation of critical natural habitats, including those that are (a) legally protected, (b) officially proposed for protection, (c) identified by authoritative sources for their high conservation value or (d) recognised as protected by traditional local communities mitigation measures are necessary. Illegal harvesting of non-timber outputs, including fuel wood, is a big problem in the project area. The illegal cutting is a threat to the ecosystem of the forests and the natural habitats of fauna and flora. Hence, even by implementing the project, illegal cutting of fuel wood may continue, but to a much lower content. Additionally, small sticks of wood, preferably dead wood, can be used for the improved stoves in order to reduce the cutting of trees. The project is therefore a measure to reduce the degradation of habitats due to decreased deforestation. low The efficient stoves only use small sticks, which can also be made out of dead wood. Hence, in addition to the reduced demand, the pressure on natural habitats can be further reduced. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is relevant to the project. The project itself is therefore a mitigation measure and highly welcomed by protected area managers and other relevant stakeholders 19

20 Anti Corruption GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT such as the Cameroon Mangrove Conservation Network. The host country has ratified the following conventions: 11 The project does not involve and is not complicit in corruption. UN Convention against Corruption on the 02 nd of October As corruption is a widespread phenomenon in many countries it can occur as well in Cameroon, especially during import and transportation of the improved cook stoves. However, since the project is implemented directly through the local organisation Pro Climate International with transparency, accountability as well as a close collaboration with atmosfair, there is less possibility of corruption during project implementation. Low It is the policy of all involved organisations not to complicit in corruption. Obstacles and delays that might occur are taken into account. Additional relevant critical issues for my project type Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is relevant to the project. Description of relevance to my project Assessment of relevance to my project N/A N/A N/A N/A Mitigation measure

21 F.2. Sustainable Development matrix [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex I] Insert table in section C3 from your Stakeholder Consultation report (Sustainable Development matrix). Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Gold Standard indicators of sustainable development Air quality If relevant, copy mitigation measure from Do No Harm assessment, and include mitigation measure used to neutralise a score of - Check and Describe how your indicator is related to local MDG goals Indoor Air Pollution will be reduced. As the efficient cook stoves are almost smokeless CO emissions are low and Defined by project developer Number of efficient stoves in use and qualitative assessments at Negative impact: score - in case negative impact is not fully mitigated, score 0 in case impact is planned to be fully mitigated No change in impact: score 0 Positive impact: score

22 correspond to Kerosene. Other harmful substances like PICs (Products of Incomplete Combustion) are low as the combustion is nearly complete and only small quantities of ash need to be removed. Therefore, especially children and women, who spent a lot of time in the kitchen are being protected from harmful gases and smoke. This will lead to a general improvement of human health and the environment. user households. Carbon monoxide emissions of efficient cook stoves have been tested and are lower than those of local and/or traditional wood stoves 21 Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases MDG 7: Environmental Sustainability Protection of water resources such as groundwater through decreased deforestation and the protection of forests; especially mangrove forests. Water quality and quantity Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 7: Environmental Sustainability Due to the reduction of deforestation and the protection of forests and trees, soil erosion will decrease. N/A (no parameter chosen, as the project has no direct impact on water quality and quantity) O Soil condition Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 7: Environmental Sustainability No other pollutants are emitted and the project has no significant impact on the level of noise and/or light. N/A (no parameter chosen, as the project has no direct impact on soil condition) O Other pollutants Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 7: Environmental Sustainability N/A (no parameter chosen, as the project has no direct impact on other pollutants) O

23 Biodiversity Protection of habitats by the reduction of deforestation and harmful gases. Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 7: Environmental Sustainability N/A (no parameter chosen, as the project has no direct impact on biodiversity) O Quality of employment The project requires a structure for the marketing and sales of the stoves and therefore also qualified employees. Local people will be trained on these issues and employed in the project. The jobs will be of good standard in terms of salary, permanency and qualification. Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 1: End poverty and hunger Attendance of internal and external trainings as well as conferences and workshops, which will also be related to topics such as Gold Standard and Climate Change etc. The employees will receive certificates for every training. Number of permanent jobs created Expenditure on fuel wood and time spent to collect fire wood (Based on a qualitative assessment on reduced household expenses as well as time spent to collect fire wood) + Livelihood of the poor Improvement of health of the users due to reduced Indoor Air Pollution (see Indicator Air quality). Less time to collect fire wood and/or reduced household expenses for fuel wood. Cash return to the communities will improve living standards and alleviate poverty. + Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health Health status can be derived indirectly from Indicator Air quality Number of efficient cook stoves in use Access to affordable and clean energy services Affordable efficient and clean cooking stoves are made available to the local population. Due to subsidized prices, the stoves will even be affordable to low-income households. Relevance to MDG Goals: Change in traditional Fuel Consumption, calculated as the + 23

24 MDG 1: End poverty and hunger MDG 7: Environmental Sustainability amount of, mostly nonrenewable, biomass saved under the project activity. Human and institutional capacity Demonstrations of the improved cook stoves have training character and raise awareness about environmental and health problems due to fuel wood use. Women, as the main users of the Efficient cook stoves, are especially targeted by the cooking demonstrations. The use of efficient cook stoves will also promote gender equality as less time will be spent for acquiring fuel wood and for cooking. N/A (no parameter chosen, as the project has no significant positive or negative impact on the human and institutional capacity) O Quantitative employment and income generation Balance of payments and investment Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 3: Gender Equality Creation of qualified jobs (sales, marketing, monitoring) for local people from the community. People will work in the local NGO Pro Climate International. Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 1: End Poverty and Hunger The project will be party financed by the non-profit organization atmosfair ggmbh. All the revenues of the stoves will go directly to the local partner Pro Climate International to implement monitoring and sale structures and to pay salaries. The project involves technological transfer of clean energy systems, which do not exist until now in Cameroon. Thus the project introduces a new technology to Cameroon. Relevance to MDG Goals: MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development Number of jobs created through the project. N/A (no parameter chosen, as the project has no significant positive or negative impact on the balance of payments and investment) Number of Stoves in use + + O 24

25 Justification choices, data source and provision of references A justification paragraph and reference source is required for each indicator, regardless of score Air quality Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact of the project in terms of releasing pollutants to air that can be harmful to human health (question 2 and 12 of the Environmental and Social Impact Checklist). By delivering efficient cook stoves in the region the project directly contributes to a decrease in the amount of usage of fossil fuels. The large amount of burning of wood has been replaced by between 60% and 80%. Therefore the project contributes to the abatement of NOx, SO2, CO2 and CO emissions. Justification for a positive scoring: For all the stoves which will be integrated into the project, the savings of CO emission have been tested. The Envirofit, which is planned to be the main stove for most of the households, saves 23kg of CO per year. 22 As the products are industrial products, emissions will not change during the lifetime of the cooker. Hence, it is sufficient to monitor the number of systems in use as a parameter for better air quality. Water quality and quantity Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the initial consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact on water quality and quantity. They rather found the impact positive, but couldn t name suitable monitoring parameters. Please refer to Section D.2 of the Stakeholder Consultation report. Soil condition Justification for a neutral scoring: The project will contribute towards the preservation of the remaining woody vegetation. This will lead in the mountain forest to a reduction of erosion and a better infiltration of rainwater into the soil. The mangrove forests are an important habitat for water flora and fauna and its protection will have an impact on the water quality of the local rivers in the Littoral and South-West regions of Cameroon. Improvements, however, are seen as long term effects dependent on a large number of external factors which cannot be influenced by the project. Hence, no parameter is chosen to monitor the impact. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the initial consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact on the soil condition

26 They rather found the impact positive, but couldn t name suitable monitoring parameters. Please refer to Section D.2. of the Stakeholder Consultation report. Other pollutants Justification for a neutral scoring: By reducing fuel wood consumption, the project contributes to the preservation of woody biomass and vegetation which will lead to the reduction of soil erosion. This has been highlighted in many reports of dissemination programmes of improved cook stoves (see e.g. Report from Sustainable Technology Adaptative Research and Implementation Centre-Nepal on Cooking Stove Improvements: accessed , or presentation of GTZ HERA programme: accessed ). Improvements, however, are seen as long term effects dependent on a large number of external factors which cannot be influenced by the project. Hence, no parameter is chosen to monitor the impact. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the initial consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact through the emission of other pollutants. Please refer to Section D.2. of the Stakeholder Consultation report. Biodiversity Justification for a neutral scoring: This category is not applicable to the project, as there is no additional noise or light pollution /reduction through the use of efficient cook stoves. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact on the biodiversity of the project area. Please refer to Section D.2. of the Stakeholder Consultation report. Quality of employment Justification for a neutral scoring: By reducing fuel wood consumption, the project contributes to the reduction of pressure on species that live in forests or that are preferred on fuel wood. Therefore the conservation of habitats for flora and fauna will be improved through the implementation of the project. However, improvements are seen as long term effects dependent on a large number of external factors which cannot be influenced by the project. Hence, no parameter is chosen to monitor the impact. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact for this indicator. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Livelihood of the poor Justification for a positive scoring: The project creates qualified employment opportunities (sales, accountancy, monitoring) through the training of local people. These jobs are of good standard in terms of salary and their permanent character. Qualified employment also creates job security. The project will monitor the number of internal and external trainings carried out and all the participants will get certificates for every workshop and/or training. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact for this indicator. Please refer to Section D.2. of the Stakeholder Consultation report. 26

27 Access to affordable and clean energy services Justification for a positive scoring: The project will lead to time savings (wood collection, cooking) and an improved health of the users due to reduced Indoor Air Pollution. Therefore the project has a positive impact on the livelihood of the people. However, monitoring the health status of households is beyond scope of the project. Health status can be derived indirectly from Indicator Air quality. Moreover, most people have to travel long distances for gathering firewood or spent a lot of money for buying fuel wood. By using an efficient fuel wood stove, they will save considerable amounts of time and/or money. This will help to improve the living conditions of the people in the project area. The time and expenditure savings will be monitored by asking if they spend less time on collecting fire wood or money to buy wood since the purchase of an efficient cook stove (Yes/No question). Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact for this indicator. Please refer to Section D.2. of the Stakeholder Consultation report. Human and institutional capacity Justification for a positive scoring: Through the dissemination of efficient cook stoves at subsidized prices, the people in the project area will get a better access to affordable and clean energy services. A possible parameter to monitor the indicator is the Change in traditional fuel consumption. As the baseline fuel consumption is known through the Baseline Survey, it is sufficient to monitor the number of systems actually in use to monitor the indicator. The changes in traditional fuel consumption (i.e. the savings of non-renewable biomass due to the project) can then be calculated by taking into account both figures. The calculation will be included in the monitoring report. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to Section D.2. of the Stakeholder Consultation report. Quantitative employment and income generation Justification for a neutral scoring: Through the inclusion of existing village groups/women groups, women will be empowered especially in rural areas. Highly efficient stoves constitute a decentralized form of energy use. As women are in general responsible for cooking in Cameroon, the project involves them in the first place. Training of women in all aspects of energy use will have positive gender consequences. However, these effects are difficult to monitor and dependent from other and several external factors. Moreover the positive capacity building effects will be on a very small scale. Therefore this indicator is scored neutral. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the initial consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact for this indicator. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Justification for a positive scoring: The project will create new jobs and therefore also lead to income generation for a couple of people. This will reduce poverty and create new employment in a region which is affected by a high unemployment. The number of created jobs can also be used as a monitoring parameter. 27

28 Balance of payments and investment Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the initial consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact for this indicator. Please refer to Section D.2. of the Stakeholder Consultation report. Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Justification for a neutral scoring: The national balance of payments is not affected. Material and transportation costs are paid by atmosfair. Sales revenues will then serve as a founding source for marketing and distribution in Cameroon. Hence, there are no direct cash flows between Cameroon and other countries in this project. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact for this indicator. Please refer to Section D.2. of the Stakeholder Consultation report. Justification for a positive scoring: The project involves technological transfer of energy efficient cook stoves and can be therefore characterized as a project that introduces a new technology to Cameroon. 28

29 SECTION G. Sustainability Monitoring Plan No 1 Indicator Air Quality Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Number of Efficient Cook Stoves in use and results from spot checks conducted to user households. Current situation of parameter No Efficient Cook stoves in use yet (July 2011) Estimation of baseline situation of See current situation of parameter. parameter Future target for parameter 3315 Stoves Way of monitoring How As part of the verification of Emission Reductions the number of efficient cook stoves in use is monitored by surveying a sample of the users. When Annual or biennial. Records will be maintained until the end of the crediting period. By who Project Proponent No 2 Indicator Quality of Employment Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Internal and External Training carried out and name of participants, incl. Certificates where available, Participation at Conferences, Workshops, Trainings etc. (also CDM related). Current situation of parameter No internal or external trainings have been carried out yet as the project hasn t startet yet. Estimation of baseline situation of See current situation of parameter. parameter Future target for parameter Trainings depend on the implementation schedule and are to be decided on a case by case basis, thus future target of parameter is unknown. Way of monitoring How Collect training records, certificates etc. When Annual or biennial. Records will be maintained until the end of the crediting period. By who Project Proponent No 3 Indicator Quantitative employment and income generation Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Number of jobs created (Pro Climate International), and their responsibilities and profession Current situation of parameter At the moment the organisation Pro Climate International is only run by the director Jean Claude Tsafack and there are no other permanent employees working in the organisation. Only temporary the organisation is hiring guides and portes for ecotourism hiking tours on Mount Cameroon. 29

30 Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Way of monitoring GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT How When By who See current situation of parameter. Increase in number of jobs will depend on the implementation schedule, thus future target of parameter is unknown. Collect Pro Climate International contracts and payrolls Annual or biennial. Records will be maintained until the end of the crediting period. Project Proponent No 4 Indicator Livelihood of the poor Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Money saved from reduced consumption of fuel Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Way of monitoring How When By who With Cameroonian GDP being $1,102.per capita 23, savings from purchasing less cooking fuel will increase the amount of disposable income available. Increased savings for fuel wood due to less use of wood. A question on cost savings is added to the Household Spot Checklist questionnaire and will be part of the monitoring survey (Yes/No question) Annual or biennial. Records will be maintained until the end of the crediting period. Project Proponent Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Way of monitoring How When By who Time savings due to reduced firewood collection Households which are part of the monitoring sample group will be asked about the time savings for collecting cooking fuel as a result of using the ICS. Either wood is purchased or collected which takes time. Decreased firewood consumption for cooking (or boiling water) will reduce time spent on collecting fuel wood. A question on time savings is added to the Household Spot Checklist questionnaire and will be part of the monitoring survey (Yes/No question) Annual or biennial. Records will be maintained until the end of the crediting period. Project Proponent No 5 Indicator Access to affordable and clean energy services Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Number of Efficient Cook Stoves in use and results from spot checks conducted at user households. Current situation of parameter No Efficient Cook stoves in use yet (July 2011) Estimation of baseline situation of See current situation of parameter. parameter

31 Future target for parameter 3315 Way of monitoring How As part of the verification of Emission Reductions the number of efficient cook stoves in use is monitored by surveying a sample of the users. When Annual or biennial. Records will be maintained until the end of the crediting period. By who Project Proponent Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Way of monitoring How When By who Change in traditional fuel wood consumption, calculated as the amount of CO2 saved under the project activity as a result of a decrease in fuel wood consumption Baseline Fuel wood consumption: 0.7 t CO2/capita See current situation of parameter. Through the use of efficient cook stoves such as the Envirofit G3300 biomass will be saved due to a reduced use of wood as energy source. CO2 savings will be quantified during verifications of emission reductions (survey on usage of stoves and test of the achieved efficiency) Annual or biennial. Records will be maintained until the end of the crediting period. Project Proponent No 6 Indicator Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Number of stoves in uses Current situation of parameter No Efficient Cook stoves in use yet (July 2011) Estimation of baseline situation of See current situation of parameter. parameter Future target for parameter Way of monitoring How As part of the verification of Emission Reductions the number of efficient cook stoves in use is monitored by surveying a sample of the users. When Annual or biennial. Records will be maintained until the end of the crediting period. By who Project Proponent Additional remarks monitoring User groups will be surveyed on a sampling basis. SECTION H. Additionality and conservativeness This section is only applicable if the section on additionality and/or your choice of baseline does not follow Gold Standard guidance 31

32 H.1. Additionality Not applicable. The project proponent followed Gold Standard guidance for additionality. H.2. Conservativeness CO 2 emission factor for the substitution of non-renewable biomass by similar consumers must be used to calculate emission reductions according to the methodology AMS-II.G. The emission factor of the fossil fuel likely to be used by similar consumers, Kerosene (81.6 t CO 2 /TJ), has to be used. This is a conservative assumption, as, compared to the emission factor for wood of 112 t CO 2 /TJ (see 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, p. 2.23), only 72,8 % of the de facto emission reductions when using the improved cook stoves are taken into account. 32

33 ANNEX 1 ODA declaration [See Toolkit Annex D] 33

34 34 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT