Green Earth Sauki Nigeria Cookstove Project
The Green Earth Sauki Cookstove Nigeria Project aims to revolutionise household cooking with 326,000 locally made, energy-efficient stoves. By cutting carbon emissions and reducing pressure on forests, the initiative also enhances the daily lives of thousands of families.
Cleaner cooking in Nigeria
This project transforms household cooking across Nigeria by manufacturing and distributing locally made, energy-efficient stoves that cut fuel use and harmful smoke.
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Project impact
The Green Earth Sauki Cookstove Nigeria Project produces and distributes efficient cookstoves, reduces emissions, curbs deforestation, and cuts smoke-related illnesses, improving air quality and daily life across Niger and Nasarawa states. The project supports key UN Sustainable Development Goals, including health, gender equality, clean energy, and climate action. By manufacturing stoves locally and partnering with communities, we create jobs, build skills, and empower women, ensuring lasting benefits for people and the planet.
Community benefits
The project aims to directly benefit households across North Central Nigeria, beginning with Nasarawa State and Niger State. Families will experience reduced fuel costs, shorter cooking times, and healthier living conditions due to lower indoor smoke exposure. This has significant implications for respiratory health, especially for women and children who are most exposed to kitchen smoke.
Beyond improved health outcomes, households save time otherwise spent collecting firewood. This allows greater focus on education, economic activities, and family wellbeing. Community training programmes by our implementation partner, Roshan Renewable Technologies, ensure households know how to use and maintain the stoves for long-term benefits.
Environmental benefits
The deployment of efficient cookstoves will reduce household demand for firewood, helping to combat deforestation in targeted states. Lower wood consumption directly protects surrounding ecosystems, water catchment areas, and biodiversity.
Climate benefits are also significant. By reducing reliance on inefficient traditional cooking, the project avoids carbon emissions while also cutting black carbon, a short-lived but highly potent climate pollutant. This dual impact helps Nigeria progress towards its national climate commitments.
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About the region
The project operates in North Central Nigeria, beginning with Nasarawa and Niger States. These regions face intense pressure on natural resources due to widespread use of firewood for household cooking. Deforestation and fuel scarcity have become increasingly severe challenges, alongside the health burden of household air pollution.
By targeting these regions, the project addresses both urgent community needs and environmental concerns. The cookstove designs are tailored to local cultural practices, ensuring household acceptance, durability, and consistent use. The initiative lays a foundation for scalable clean cooking solutions across wider areas of Nigeria.
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Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement lets countries trade carbon credits across borders. Under Article 6.2, the host country authorises the credits and adjusts its accounts, so no tonne of CO₂ is counted twice.
Nigeria finalised its Article 6 framework at the end of 2025, and the first Letters of Authorisation (LoAs) have been issued to project developers. Green Earth and its project partner, Roshan Renewable Technologies, are preparing the Sauki project’s application. An LoA will allow the project’s credits to be traded internationally and used where host-country authorisation is required, such as CORSIA for international aviation.
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