Biomass Cookstove Project in Meghalaya
#57of 60 in Cookstoves#359of 387 in India#597of 629 in Verra (VCS)#38of 38 in VMR0006
Audit Analysis
The Biomass Cookstove Project in Meghalaya carries 16 material findings in its verification report—including a missing approval of the joint V&V report, unresolved questions about free distribution of cookstoves undermining the investment additionality test, and missing monitored parameter results—yet no corrective actions are recorded. Multiple internal contradictions within the same verification report (grievance mechanism, safeguards) and across documents (FPIC, additionality test type, ERR figures) severely undermine confidence in the data. The project's 5% quantified leakage deduction and national-default fNRB are reasonable, but the overall evidentiary foundation is weak.
Red Flags
- 16 material findings in the verification report (2024-02-29) including 'Missing approval of joint validation and verification report' and 'Missing and misleading information in joint validation and verification report', yet no corrective actions are recorded
- Material finding explicitly questions additionality: 'Further validation on additionality (free distribution of cookstoves)'—if cookstoves are distributed free, the investment test may not apply
- Internal contradiction within the same verification report: grievance mechanism recorded as both present and absent; safeguards similarly contradictory
- FPIC recorded as conducted in the validation report (2023-05-06) but not conducted in the verification report (2024-02-29)
- Missing results of monitored parameters and missing information for calculation of emission reductions, yet 44,744 tCO2e is verified
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,000 | 0 | 5,000 | |
| Total | 5,000 | 0 | 5,000 |
Risk Indicators
Investment test VVB-confirmed but free-distribution finding
No buffer pool or reversal data stated; avoidance project
5% quantified deduction with justification
Project-specific baseline, no reassessment date recorded
FPIC not conducted (per verification); grievance and safegua
CORSIA excluded; CCP status not stated
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