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NEW IPCC REPORT

The role of IPCC

IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme. At that time, the research on climate change has already begun but there was insufficient information for policymaking. Today, the IPCC is the best interface between scientists and governments.

Why is the new IPCC report so important?

We already have a lot of information about climate change, but what people really want to know is how their lives will be affected by it. This report talks about how people’s lives, their jobs, the regions they live in will be changed and how their future might look like. 

Some key messages: 

OUR CLIMATE PROJECTS

The Gyapa Cookstove project in Ghana

More than 70 % of the Ghanaian population still cook on open fires or traditional cookstoves using solid fuels, such as firewood and charcoal. This conventional cooking leads to multiple negative impact.

·         First, it demands an extensive time and cost to collect the wood. Usually it’s the women (and children) who are responsible for this strenuous task. It limits children to go to school and women are unable to develop their own economic activities.

·        Second, as these conventional cooking methods are often used indoors, the women and children are more exposed to the smoke, which is harmful for their health and cause respiratory problems.

·         Lastly, due to population growth, people have to go deeper into the forests for wood. This has a huge negative impact on the local ecosystems and has led to a 60% decrease in Ghana’s primary tropical forest.

The Gyapa cookstoves requires 50-60% less fuel and produces less smoke. By supporting this project, you support the development and distribution of these efficient cookstoves in order to save millions of trees, support families, boost economic activities and improve health conditions in Ghana.

This project is in line with the following SDG’s:

·         SDG 1 ‘No poverty’: The family saves money on fuel bills.

·         SDG 3 ‘Good health and well-being’: The family is less exposed to harmful air pollution.

·         SDG 7 ‘Affordable and clean energy’: The Gyapa cookstoves are an essential part of ensuring sustainable energy provision to the families.

·         SDG 8 ‘Decent work and economic growth’: With the whole supply chain situated in Ghana, it is increasing access to the Gyapa cookstoves and ensuring local business opportunities for producers and distributors.

·         SDG 13 ‘Climate action’: Greentripper offers concrete climate actions, meaning each tonne CO2 compensated through the Gyapa cookstoves project, is a tonne CO2 reduced/avoided through the chosen climate project.

·         SDG 15 ‘Life on land’: Ghana has one of the highest deforestation rates in Africa. A decreasing demand for wood will safe local forests and ecosystems.

The Ghana Cookstoves Project is Gold Standard certified. The Gold Standard is established in 2003 by WWF and other international NGOs to ensure projects that reduce carbon emissions, feature the highest levels of environmental integrity, and also contribute to sustainable development. 

The Tiipalga Cookstove project in Burkina Faso:

In Burkina Faso a large part of the population use biomass from local forests, as its principal source of energy for everyday cooking. Having some of the highest annual population increments and lowest indexes of human development in the world, Burkina’s dependency on firewood and charcoal is forecasted to even increase in the coming decades. Cooking usually happens on traditional open air three stone fires which represents the pillars of the household’s marital union.

This project promotes the distribution and use of the Tiipalga cookstoves, which is an efficient “F3PA” (Foyer Trois Pierres Améliorés) cookstove that will replace the traditional open air cooking method whilst respecting the local three stone cooking culture.

By supporting the Tiipaalga project, you enable women to be trained to build these clean, safe and energy efficient cookstoves. It reduces pressure on the local forests that are disappearing and has positive effects on the livelihoods of the families.

This project is in line with the following SDG’s:

·         SDG 3 ‘Good health and well-being’: The family is less exposed to harmful air pollution.

·         SGD 4 ‘Quality education’: Families benefit from saving the time needed to collect wood, this time can be used for the education of children. In addition, the project includes training on health hazards related to the old cooking system and it informs on the health and environmental benefits of using Tiipalga cookstoves. 

·         SDG 5 ‘Gender equality’:  the project trains leader women are trained to build and maintain the Tiipalga cookstoves. The leader then conducts the same training sessions with the women in their villages and help them to acquire their own skills to build their personally fabricated standardised F3PA cookstove.

·         SDG 7 ‘Affordable and clean energy’: The Tiipalga cookstoves are an essential part of ensuring sustainable energy provision to the families.

·         SDG 13 ‘Climate action’: Greentripper offers concrete climate actions, meaning each tonne CO2 compensated through the Tiipalga cookstoves project, is a tonne CO2 reduced/avoided through the chosen climate project.

·         SDG 15 ‘Life on land’: It reduces pressure on the local forests that are disappearing safes local ecosystems.

The Tiipalga Cookstoves Project is Gold Standard certified. The Gold Standard is established in 2003 by WWF and other international NGOs to ensure projects that reduce carbon emissions, feature the highest levels of environmental integrity, and also contribute to sustainable development.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.