Darjeeling Revival: Monsoon Harvest

Audit Analysis

Darjeeling Revival: Monsoon Harvest is an early-stage enhanced weathering carbon removal project at the validation stage, with additionality confirmed by 350Solutions and a 2% buffer pool in place. However, the project-specific baseline, a 'deemed negligible' leakage treatment without quantification, six outstanding corrective actions, and a contradiction in the permanence claim (1,000 vs 10,000 years) introduce meaningful uncertainty. No monitoring data exists yet, and several key MRV parameters remain unstated.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Permanence claim contradicts between the PDD (1,000 years) and the validation report (10,000 years); the more recent validation report value is privileged but the discrepancy undermines confidence in the permanence assertion.
• ⚠Leakage is 'deemed negligible' with no quantified deduction or detailed justification in the validation report, which is a significant gap for an enhanced weathering project where displaced rock or altered soil chemistry could shift emissions.
• ⚠Six corrective actions remain open at validation, including the absence of a full LCA with uncertainty analysis, long-term yield data, and baseline soil pH maps — all material to the credit claim.
• ⚠No monitoring period, verified ERR, FNRB method, or usage monitoring method is stated in the available documents, leaving the MRV framework largely untested.

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