GS10789 VPA9: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Mozambique

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard cookstove project in Mozambique has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and no reported reversals, but is undermined by 14 cross-document contradictions, over 25 corrective actions and clarifications, a project-specific baseline, and a verified usage rate (65.5%) far below the assumed 90%. The verified emissions reductions for the monitoring period represent only about 58% of the pro-rata lifetime expectation, indicating the initial assumptions were overly optimistic.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠14 contradictions between documents, including fNRB value (0.88 vs 0.64), usage rate (65.5% vs 96%), FPIC status (conducted vs not conducted), and crediting period dates
• ⚠Verified ERR (45,113) is only 37% of the claimed ERR (122,470) in the same monitoring period, indicating a major over-claim in the monitoring report
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted per the most recent verification report (Jan 2026), contradicting the earlier validation report
• ⚠Safeguards and benefit-sharing are not documented in the most recent verification report, despite a grievance mechanism being in place
• ⚠Over 25 corrective actions and clarifications remain open, including additionality at PoA level, double-counting prevention, and carbon ownership transfer

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