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Cook Stove
Sierra Leone aims to offer alternative cooking solutions for ~1.3M households to reduce deforestation pressure
Cook Stove
Sierra Leone aims to offer alternative cooking solutions for ~1.3M households to reduce deforestation pressure
Sierra Leone is blessed with incredible forests…
55%
Permanent forest
36%
Woodlands
17%
Moist tropical forests
2%
Mangroves
Our forests are however under threat..
2.2% per year
Deforestation is pervasive through all types of permanent forest cover
2.5% /year
Moist tropical forest
1.8% /year
Woodlands
1.0% /year
Mangrove
...woodfuel and charcoal play a significant role in deforestation
...woodfuel and charcoal play a significant role in deforestation
~20%
of forest loss linked to woodfuel and charcoal
~700K
households dependent on firewood
~600K
households dependent on charcoal
2.9M
metric tonnes of wood per year
~900K
metric tonnes wood for charcoal production per year
Our forests are however under threat..
2.2% per year
Deforestation is pervasive through all types of permanent forest cover
2.5% /year
Moist tropical forest
1.8% /year
Woodlands
1.0% /year
Mangrove
...woodfuel and charcoal play a significant role in deforestation
...woodfuel and charcoal play a significant role in deforestation
~20%
of forest loss linked to woodfuel and charcoal
~700K
households dependent on firewood
2.9M
metric tonnes of wood per year
~600K
households dependent on charcoal
~900K
metric tonnes wood for charcoal production per year
It is our objective to supply all households with clean cooking stoves by 2030
Efficient wood stoves
Supplier identified and MoU with government of Sierra Leone in place
~30K
Initial stoves have been distributed
~250K
stoves for which funding is already secured
~430K
stoves for which funding still needs to be identified
Efficient charcoal stoves
Identify suitable suppliers, who can create quality product locally, build awareness among households, and distribute reliably
Establish carbon financing mechanism to fund production and distribution
Establish memorandum of understanding with involved parties
Launch and scale
It is our objective to supply all households with clean
cooking stoves by 2030
Efficient wood stoves
Supplier identified and MoU with government of Sierra Leone in place
~30K
Initial stoves have been distributed
~250K
stoves for which funding is already secured
~430K
stoves for which funding still needs to be identified
Efficient charcoal stoves
Identify suitable suppliers, who can create quality product locally, build awareness among households, and distribute reliably
Establish carbon financing mechanism to fund production and distribution
Establish memorandum of understanding with involved parties
Launch and scale
Clean cooking stoves will bring benefits for both people and nature
300+
jobs created
3-4M tCO2
of CO₂ emissions avoided annually
50-70%
savings on overall fuel usage
14 percentage points
reduction in forest loss
Roadmap to 2030
Roadmap to 2030
Roadmap to 2030
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