CDM Project Paragominas
#132of 352 in Biomass#109of 211 in Brazil#943of 1459 in CDM (UNFCCC)#400of 806 in AMS-I.D
Audit Analysis
CDM biomass energy project in Brazil with VVB-confirmed additionality (barrier test) but significant gaps in leakage treatment, permanence safeguards, and verified emissions data. The validation report identifies five material findings and two corrective actions, and the low extraction confidence across documents limits confidence in the overall assessment. No monitoring-period verified emissions are available to benchmark against the 262,568 tCO₂e lifetime claim.
Red Flags
- Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the validation report, contradicting the PDD's claim of 'deemed negligible' — the VVB's assessment takes precedence and indicates leakage was not properly quantified
- No buffer pool, no reversal-event data, and no feedstock-sustainability or carbon-content testing data found in any available document, leaving permanence and biogenic carbon accounting unverified
- Minimum extraction confidence rated 'low' across the document set, and one of six source documents is of unknown type, reducing reliability of the extracted record
- No verified emissions figure (total ERR verified) is available in any document, making it impossible to confirm whether the 262,568 tCO₂e lifetime claim was actually delivered
Credit Vintages
No issuances recorded on the registry.
Risk Indicators
Barrier test only, VVB-confirmed but less robust than combin
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
0% deduction, validation report records issue as not address
Project-specific modeled baseline, no reassessment data, gri
Safeguards and benefit-sharing mentioned, but FPIC and griev
CORSIA and CCP status not stated in any available document
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