DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in The Gambia

Audit Analysis

The DelAgua Clean Cooking project in The Gambia demonstrates a solid verification framework with VVB-confirmed additionality, a quantified 5% leakage deduction, and no material findings or corrective actions. However, 14 cross-document contradictions — particularly a 35% FNRB value discrepancy (0.9 vs 0.666) and a conflicting FNRB method within the same monitoring report — introduce meaningful uncertainty about the accuracy of the claimed emissions reductions. The project is well-documented (42 source documents) but the data-reliability issues temper confidence in the final credit figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FNRB value discrepancy: the verification report (2025-03-20) records 0.9 while the monitoring report (2026-03-06) records 0.666 — a 35% gap that, if the lower value is correct, implies roughly a quarter of the claimed ERR is unsupported
• ⚠FNRB method contradiction within the same monitoring report (2026-03-06): one section states 'local_field' while another states 'national_default', undermining confidence in the monitoring data pipeline
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility is stated as 'not eligible' in the verification report (2025-06-12) but 'eligible' in an unclassified document (2026-01-16) — an unusual and unexplained contradiction for a cookstove project
• ⚠Buffer pool percentage is not stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified
• ⚠14 total contradictions across the document set, several involving the same field flipping between true/false across successive verification reports (FPIC, grievance mechanism, safeguards, benefit sharing), suggesting inconsistent VVB reporting

Credit Vintages