Over the last year and a half, the CCA-led Clean Cooking and Climate Consortium (4C) has led a sector-wide effort to develop a new methodology for crediting emissions reductions from cookstove projects. The Comprehensive Lowered Emissions Assessment and Reporting (CLEAR) Methodology for Cooking Energy Transitions is the first-ever methodology to be applicable to all cooking transition scenarios, including metered and non-metered fuels, which will eliminate the need for multiple methodologies for cookstove carbon projects. This new methodology is intended to become the standard for cookstove projects under the Paris Agreement (Articles 6.2 and 6.4) and the voluntary carbon market.
Please find here the draft CLEAR Methodology, an accompanying calculator tool, and an Explanation of Decisions document. For the calculator tool, be sure to unblock the file and enable macros to ensure full functionality of the tool.
The public comment period ended on August 14, 2024. 4C is now reviewing all of the 40 submissions and 600+ comments in order to revise the methodology.