Response to articles in The Guardian and other media on the study “Pervasive over-crediting from cookstove offset methodologies” by Gill-Wiehl et al., published in the journal Nature Sustainability in January 2024.
Zurich, 29/01/2024 – myclimate has analysed the study published in Nature Sustainability by Gill-Wiehl, Kammen, and Haya on the effectiveness of cookstove projects and the integrity of the emission reduction certificates issued for them. Although myclimate expressly welcomes new research approaches aimed at improving project quality, the climate protection organisation based in Zurich regrets the simplified presentation of the projects and the fundamental methodological shortcomings of the study. The results of the study, which assume a massive over-crediting of cookstove projects, are therefore not considered acceptable by myclimate.
