Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa–Zambia-CPA-005

Audit Analysis

A VCS cookstove project in Zambia with a confirmed combined additionality test, quantified 5% leakage deduction, and no material findings. However, the project relies on a project-specific baseline, no buffer pool is documented, and multiple data contradictions across the PDD, verification report, and issuance documents create uncertainty around the verified emission reduction figures. The project delivered roughly 56% of the pro-rata expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, which is conservative but raises questions about the accuracy of the ex-ante estimates.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The verification report (Oct 2024) records a verified ERR of 685,565 tCO2e, which is identical to the lifetime claimed ERR in the PDD, while the issuance document (Oct 2024) records 76,174 tCO2e — a 9× discrepancy that strongly suggests a data transcription error in the verification report
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk for cookstove breakage, loss, or abandonment unaddressed
• ⚠The PDD (Aug 2024) records a verified usage rate of 0.0199 (≈2%) and an assumed usage rate of 0, which are physically implausible for a cookstove project and contradict the issuance figure of 93.26% — likely a data extraction or transcription error, but it undermines confidence in the PDD's internal consistency
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.