Peru registers first Article 6 project to scale up clean cooking

In February 2026, Peru approved the first project to be included in its National Registry of Mitigation Activities (RENAMI) within the framework of a bilateral agreement between Switzerland and Peru under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement — a clean cooking initiative that aims to reduce emissions while improving health and livelihoods for rural households. The Tuki Wasi programme promotes large-scale deployment of improved cookstoves (ICS) to replace traditional three-stone open fires. The project is developed by Microsol in collaboration with national stakeholders and is supported internationally by the KliK Foundation. It is the first mitigation activity to be formally registered under Peru’s Article 6 framework by the Ministry of the Environment of Peru. From readiness to implementation The milestone builds on earlier technical and institutional groundwork supported by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre under the Adaptation and Mitigation Readiness project (ADMIRE), which concluded in 2018. Through ADMIRE, the Centre worked with Peruvian stakeholders to assess barriers to scaling up improved cookstoves and to design a coordinated framework capable of attracting international climate finance. Activities included stakeholder mapping, legal and regulatory diagnostics, market assessments, and the development of a financial scheme to enable pre-financing and results-based payments through carbon markets. At the time, fragmentation of the cookstove sector, limited coordination among institutions and the high upfront cost of stoves for rural households were identified as key challenges. The ADMIRE process brought together 12 core partners and 37 actors across the value chain to develop a roadmap for scaling up clean cooking solutions nationwide. The financial and institutional architecture developed under ADMIRE anticipated the use of international climate finance — a vision now realized through Article 6 cooperation. Clean cooking as climate and development action Many Peruvian households still rely on traditional biomass stoves, often used indoors without proper ventilation. These systems consume large quantities of firewood, contributing to deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions while exposing families, especially women and children, to harmful indoor air pollution. Improved cookstoves offer a relatively simple but high-impact solution. Equipped with chimneys and more efficient combustion chambers, they reduce firewood consumption, lower emissions and significantly improve indoor air quality. If scaled nationally, improved cookstoves in Peru have the potential to reduce emissions by an estimated 3.2 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per year, according to assessments conducted during ADMIRE. Beyond mitigation, the technology contributes to multiple Sustainable Development Goals, including:

• Improved health through reduced exposure to household air pollution
• Reduced pressure on forests and biodiversity
• Time savings and reduced burden for women responsible for fuel collection and cooking
• Increased access to cleaner and more affordable energy solutions

By registering under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the Tuki Wasi project enables internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) to be generated in a manner consistent with Peru’s national climate targets and accounting systems. The project is expected to channel carbon finance into rural communities while ensuring environmental integrity and transparency through the national registry. A first for Peru under Article 6 Article 6 of the Paris Agreement establishes a framework for voluntary cooperation between countries to achieve mitigation outcomes. Registration of Tuki Wasi marks an important institutional step for Peru to participate in international carbon markets under the Paris Agreement, and specifically to operationalize the framework of the bilateral agreement signed between Switzerland and Peru For Peru, the approval demonstrates that national systems for authorisation, accounting and registry management are in place. For local stakeholders, it opens access to results-based climate finance to accelerate clean cooking deployment at scale. While the ADMIRE project ended in 2018, the inclusion of Tuki Wasi in Peru’s Article 6 registry illustrates how early readiness support can translate into long-term implementation outcomes. The foundations built through technical analysis, stakeholder coordination and financial structuring have now materialized in the country’s first registered Article 6 mitigation activity.