Global Cookstove Program (Phase 21)

Audit Analysis

The Global Cookstove Program (Phase 21) is a VCS-registered cookstove project in India with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but it carries notable weaknesses in permanence treatment (non-permanence risk declared 'Not applicable' without a buffer pool), multiple unresolved corrective actions, and low document extraction confidence. The project-specific baseline and unsupported biomass consumption value introduce moderate over-crediting risk.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Non-permanence risk analysis states 'Not applicable' for a cookstove project where stove replacement, breakdown, or reversion to open-fire cooking is a realistic reversal pathway; no buffer pool percentage is stated in available documents.
• ⚠Corrective Action 03 flags that the 4.9 kg biomass consumption value is not supported by any calculation or survey report, undermining the quantified emissions baseline.
• ⚠Corrective Action 04 identifies 'futuristic references' in calculations and missing data in the project design document, raising data-reliability concerns.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence across the document set is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and key fields (FPIC, monitoring period, buffer pool, CORSIA status) remain unconfirmed.
• ⚠FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent) status is not stated in any available document despite the project distributing cookstoves to households in India.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.