myclimate Carbon Offset Projects
We support the following myclimate projects for measurable climate protection and sustainable local development. This creates jobs and significantly improves working conditions and quality of life. But they also serve other important socio-ecological aspects, such as supporting equal rights for women, as well as raising awareness for climate protection.
Biogas for rural households in India
Building biogas plants in rural households reduces greenhouse gas emissions in three places: First, when manure is digested in cisterns, the methane no longer escapes into the air. Second, this methane can be used as fuel, eliminating the need to burn firewood. Third, the leftover biofertilizer replaces chemical fertilizers, the production and transportation of which is also eliminated.
In addition, the bio-fertilizer does not lead to soil degradation like chemical fertilizer and, moreover, has a nutrient content three times higher than normal animal manure.
43,500
People benefit from better air
6,890
Biodigesters installed
6.5t CO²
Avoided per biodigester
From waste to organic fertilizer in Nepal
Waste is a major problem in Kathmandu, and organic waste amounts to almost 70 per cent of the total waste. To solve this problem, Biocomp Nepal has been created. In March 2011 – with support from myclimate – a pilot project started with a composting facility in the surroundings of Kathmandu. The waste from vegetable markets is collected and used to produce compost through aerobic degradation, which also reduces methane emissions from landfills and helps to combat the waste problems of the city.
After successfully gaining experience in composting, Biocomp built a larger and partly mechanised composting plant in Saibu in 2013. Thanks to the conversion to row composting, larger quantities of waste can be processed and a high compost quality can be guaranteed. The compost produced meets international quality standards in terms of nutrient content.
43
Jobs created
43,000
Tonnes of organic waste collected
9,685
Tonnes of CO2 reduced
Back to the Green Island with Efficient and Solar Stoves in Madagasc
The climate-friendly cookers save up to 50 per cent of charcoal or firewood consumption resulting in valuable monetary savings for the household’s budget or time savings and less frequent gathering of firewood. Especially women and children benefit from the zero-emission solar cookers or cleaner combustion of efficient cookers due to less exposure to smoke during cooking.
The dissemination of efficient and solar cook stoves is an effective means to combat the quickly advancing deforestation in Madagascar and to reduce CO₂ emissions from the use of non-renewable biomass. Additionaly, ADES finances two trees for reforestation each time a cook stove gets sold.
100,000
Pupils and teachers sensibilised
1.6 mio
Beneficiaries
550,000
Trees planted
Read more about myclimate and its carbon offset projects on their website: www.myclimate.org