ClimateCare

Mission

ClimateCare is based in Kenya and Oxford UK. We develop projects in developing countries which alleviate poverty and also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We work through partnerships with organizations in those countries, and a large part of our work is local capacity-building. We develop methodologies for sustainable development and emission reduction with the Gold Standard, and we find buyers for voluntary carbon credits, so providing finance for the projects.

Organization Type Carbon Project Developer

Contact Information

Primary Contact
 Mr. Tom Morton
tom.morton@climatecare.org 		Secondary Contact
 Mr. Tom Owino
tom.owino@climatecare.org
Address 112 Magdalen Road
Oxford, Oxfordshire
OX4 1RQ
United Kingdom 		Website www.climatecare.org
Phone +44-1865-591000
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Our Focus

Primary Initiatives, Target Populations, and Scope of Work:

Our cook-stove projects in Uganda, Ghana, Bangladesh, are large-scale, currently benefiting 2 million people, with our target being to bring clean indoor air to a further 10 million people in the next five years.

Fuels/Technologies: Biogas
Biomass
Hydroelectric
Kerosene
Solar
Wind
Other
CO2 emisisons reductions		 Sectors of Experience: Carbon Finance
Energy
Financial/Banking
Infrastructure
Renewable Energy
Rural Development
Small Business
Water
Climate		 Countries of Operation: The Bahamas
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Saint Lucia
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Ecuador
Peru
Uruguay
Botswana
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Algeria
Egypt
Tunisia
Turkey
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Laos
Nepal
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Russia
Ukraine
United Kingdom

Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas

Social/Cultural barriers to using traditional fuels and stoves:

The financing of our projects is dependent on rigorous annual evaluation by auditors and thus only succeed if the social and cultural barriers to change of cooking practice are addressed sensitively.

Market development for improved cooking technologies:

We work with our local partners to build an expanding market for clean cook stoves and water filtration projects. One of the major reasons we use carbon finance, is that it is long-term and consistent, and so supports the cost of effective market development.

Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

The technical perfomance and consistent quality of all stoves within our projects, is a key basis for succesful up-scaling - so reaching millions of people with the benefits of clean indoor air. Market-responsive quality control systems, alongside continuous improvements to the technologies distributed, are essential and one reason we use carbon finance is that it is sufficiently long-term and consistent to meet the cost.

Indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring:

Rigorous monitoring of the performance of the stoves distributed in our projects is a key requirement of carbon-credit generating projects. Our work on methodology and verification has focused on in-kitchen random sampling which ensures that real-life conditions are monitored and the projects are genuinely effective.

Relevant Publications or Studies

Gold Standard Methodology for Efficient Cook-stoves and Kitchen Regimes, V3, Gold Standard Foundation

Our Contribution to the Partnership

We contribute by developing large-scale projects and sharing the lessons we learn with other PCIA members.