AWMS Methane Recovery Project BR06-S-21, Goias, Brazil

Audit Analysis

A CDM methane-recovery project in Goias, Brazil, with a solid VVB-verified additionality assessment (combined test by DNV) but notable gaps in leakage treatment, baseline specificity, and verified credit figures. The project delivered roughly 41% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, suggesting conservative crediting, yet five material findings (including a missing environmental license) and the absence of any leakage deduction in a waste-management context raise integrity concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage is explicitly not addressed in a waste-management methane project where displaced or uncollected methane is a realistic risk
• ⚠Five material findings in the validation report, including a missing environmental license for Fazenda Lage Cabeceira and absent project-emissions description in the initial PDD
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not stated in the extracted record; only the claimed figure (11,097 tCO₂e) for the monitoring period is available
• ⚠Baseline is project-specific and modeled rather than jurisdictional, with no reassessment date recorded

Credit Vintages