ADES Solar and efficient stoves in Madagascar

Audit Analysis

The ADES Solar and efficient stoves project in Madagascar has a sound design with VVB-confirmed additionality and appropriate safeguards, but is undermined by a chronic pattern of data quality failures including double counting, inconsistent databases, and numerous unresolved corrective actions across multiple verification cycles. The verified emission reductions represent only about 68% of the project developer's claims, and CORSIA eligibility without a clear CCP status introduces dual-channel risk.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Double counting of households using multiple stoves registered under different users was identified in the verification report
• ⚠Verified ERRs (559,227 tCO2e) represent only ~68% of the project developer's claimed figure (824,243 tCO2e), indicating significant over-claiming in the monitoring report
• ⚠Multiple Forward Action Requests remain open across verification cycles, including unresolved issues on institutional stove baselines, KPT sampling, and usage survey methodology
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility confirmed while CCP status is not stated in available documents, creating potential dual-channel crediting risk
• ⚠Sales records described as lacking transparency and consistent location data entry; quality control and quality assurance not applied per verification findings

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