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In Côte d’Ivoire, we are developing Baleine, the country’s largest hydrocarbon discovery and Africa’s first net-zero project, which is crucial for domestic industrial development, energy transition and diversification of our traditional portfolio. At the same time, we have planned to develop carbon offset initiatives as part of Natural Climate and Technological Solutions to help offset residual project emissions.
The programme for access to improved cooking systems was the first project to be carbon offset launched. The project aims to reduce emissions associated with combustion, as well as to contribute to improving families’ quality of life by making traditional cooking methods more efficient and sustainable. With the start of production at the Baleine field, we are consolidating our role in the energy transition and in further facilitating access to energy in Côte d’Ivoire. We help the country to establish itself as a regional energy hub, not only for its electricity system, but also for oil and gas production to meet external and domestic demand respectively.
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We promote lowering energy poverty
Our initiative carbon offset promotes the dissemination of improved cooking systems in the most vulnerable communities in Côte d’Ivoire. The programme plans to reach 2.5 million people in seven years.
The cookers, which have high thermal efficiency, are entirely made in Côte d’Ivoire by a local workshop certified by the Clean Cooking Alliance, which, thanks to the project, has increased its production capacity and enabled the purchase of new machinery and the hiring of new workers.
Moreover, from 2025, initiatives will be launched to encourage the use of cookers that will eliminate the use of wood biomass. At the same time, we will promote the use of agricultural waste as a sustainable alternative fuel.
The distribution of improved cookstoves instructions for use
Men at work at the factory
The distribution of cookers to the community
A cooking phase with the new cookers
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The distribution of improved cookstoves instructions for use
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A cooking phase with the new cookers
A benefit for the environment and the community
Improved cooking stoves differ from traditional cooking systems, such as the three-stone hearth, in that although they are fuelled by wood and coal, they have high thermal efficiency that enables considerable savings on the amount of fuel needed. With their ability to reduce the amount of wood biomass used by up to 60%, the improved cookers help lessen the impact of cooking activities on deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire. Moreover, improved cookstoves save time spent collecting wood and money on purchasing charcoal, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and combustion smoke, as well as improving the health of the people who use them.
One of the distinguishing features of the Eni model is the free distribution of cookstoves, making it possible to overcome any financial barriers. Furthermore, in order to promote the development of entrepreneurship and the community economy, Eni supports the local production of cooking systems, assessing manufacturers’ potential and helping to strengthen their technical and entrepreneurial skills, facilitating access to technology, capital and the market. Finally, the cookstoves are distributed through local and international organisations already present in the area, which guarantee a regular relationship with villages and communities, along with assistance provided to individual families, key elements in the work of the operators involved. The initiative’s success lies in raising awareness and accompanying beneficiary families in adopting these cooking systems.
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> 435,000
beneficiaries
of the project
900
villages
reached by the initiative
260
ktCO₂e/a
average annual reduction of GHG emissions expected from generated carbon credits
> 435,000
beneficiaries
of the project
900
villages
reached by the initiative
260
ktCO₂e/a
average annual reduction of GHG emissions expected from generated carbon credits
Eni for 2023. A Just Transition
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