GS10789 GS 10790 RVPA-13: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Mozambique

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard clean-cooking project in Mozambique with VVB-confirmed additionality, no reversal events, and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by a project-specific baseline, an unaddressed buffer pool, a significant fNRB discrepancy between validation and verification reports, and an unusually large volume of material findings and corrective actions spanning methodology, SDG reporting, and double-counting prevention.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠fNRB value differs by 26% between the validation report (0.64, Aug 2025) and the verification report (0.809, Jan 2026), with the verification report itself flagging the need to compare the value against other registered projects and cite CDM Tool 33 as the primary source
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk for stove replacement or household reversion unquantified
• ⚠Extensive list of material findings (14+ CLs, 4+ CARs, 1 FAR) and 30+ corrective actions covering ex-ante parameters, SDG impact justification, double-counting prevention, and VPA title inconsistencies indicate significant documentation and methodology gaps at the time of verification
• ⚠Safeguards documentation is contradictory: the verification report (Jan 2026) confirms safeguards are mentioned, while the monitoring report (Jan 2026) does not reflect them, creating ambiguity about actual implementation

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