Efficient Cookstoves for Cameroon's Littoral and South-West regions
GS-50 ↗ · current registry ID: GS1064
#85of 202 in Industrial#219of 426 in Gold Standard (GS)#22of 46 in AMS-II.G
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard cookstove project in Cameroon with a reasonable 5% leakage deduction and an investment-based additionality test, but undermined by six material findings in the verification report, the absence of a buffer pool or permanence mechanism, and multiple contradictions between the PDD, monitoring reports, and verification report regarding the FNRB method and leakage justification. The project is functional but carries moderate data-reliability and permanence risks.
Red Flags
- Six material findings (two corrective actions, two compliance lapses, one forward action request, one additional FAR) were raised in the 2018 verification report, indicating recurring quality issues in the project's MRV or implementation
- No buffer pool or permanence mechanism is documented, and reversal events are explicitly not addressed in the verification report
- The FNRB method is stated as 'local field' in the 2012 PDD but 'national default' in the 2016 monitoring report — an unresolved methodological inconsistency that affects the credibility of the emission factor (0.7325)
- Leakage justification is described as 'quantified' in the 2016 monitoring report but 'not addressed' in the 2018 verification report, creating ambiguity about whether the 5% deduction is properly substantiated
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,150 | 3,150 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 9,039 | 9,039 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 9,891 | 9,891 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 9,287 | 9,102 | 185 | |
| 2016 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | |
| Total | 51,367 | 51,182 | 185 |
Risk Indicators
Investment test applied; VVB confirmation not explicitly sta
No buffer pool; reversal events not addressed
5% deduction applied but justification inconsistent across d
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date stated
FPIC conducted, grievance mechanism in place, safeguards doc
CORSIA eligibility not stated; CCP status not mentioned
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