Swiss consultancy opens call for developers to join Article 6.2 programme of activities in Zambia
By Article 6 Network
A Switzerland-based consultancy and carbon project developer has opened a call for applications from project developers to join its Article 6.2 pipeline in Zambia. The pipeline is structured as a programme of activities (PoA). The call comes as Zambia’s bilateral agreement with Switzerland starts producing authorised activities. It gives smaller Zambian developers a way into ITMO markets that would be costly for them to reach on their own.
A Swiss consultancy and carbon project developer has invited project developers to apply to join a programme of activities in Zambia under Article 6.2, according to Carbon Pulse, which published the news on 7 October 2026. A PoA groups many similar small activities under one umbrella design, so new activities can be added without each one going through full registration separately.
The call builds on Zambia’s growing Article 6 framework. Zambia and Switzerland signed a bilateral Article 6.2 agreement at COP30 in Belém in November 2025. It was Zambia’s third bilateral Article 6 agreement in two years. The two countries formally inaugurated the agreement in January 2026, led by Zambia’s Ministry of Green Economy and Environment with support from the German-funded SPAR6C programme. Under the Swiss CO₂ Act, the KliK Foundation is responsible for identifying and financing mitigation activities in Zambia that go beyond the country’s own climate targets.
The agreement is now producing authorisations. In August 2026, the two governments authorised an improved cookstove activity and then a large clean cooking project to deploy 200,000 advanced biomass stoves in urban households across four provinces. The Modern Energy Cooking Zambia activity, developed by BioLite with KliK, has also been authorised. It was one of three pilot activities the Zambian government selected for SPAR6C support.
Signals to watch
The PoA model brings in smaller developers: By joining an umbrella programme, small developers can share the cost of design, validation and authorisation. This matters most in decentralised energy, where individual projects are often too small to carry Article 6 transaction costs alone. Zambian developers and local businesses should look closely at the entry terms, how ITMO revenue is shared and what MRV obligations apply. Pipeline beyond clean cooking: Zambia’s authorised activities so far are mostly in clean cooking. If this PoA targets power and electrification, it would broaden the country’s Article 6 portfolio and diversify its supply. Buyer and offtake clarity: Investors should check which buyer stands behind the pipeline. If it is aligned with the Zambia–Switzerland agreement and KliK procurement, offtake risk is much lower than for speculative ITMO generation. Host-country capacity: Zambia’s ministry is handling several authorisations at once. How quickly it authorises activities under a PoA, and how it applies corresponding adjustments, will show whether its institutions can scale beyond single projects. Replicable structure: Using private intermediaries to aggregate developers is likely to spread to other African host countries with Swiss, Singaporean or Japanese agreements. Governments should make sure their authorisation frameworks explicitly cover PoA inclusion procedures.
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