GS11935 GS11934 RVPA-04 Promoting sustainable use of biomass energy resources in targeted communities

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard cookstove project in Nepal with VVB-verified additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by multiple significant data contradictions across documents (ERR figures differing by nearly 2×, fNRB values differing by a factor of 100, and a direct conflict on whether FPIC was conducted). The absence of a buffer pool, a project-specific baseline, and the aggressive 100% usage rate assumption introduce moderate over-crediting risk that is only partially offset by the use of a national-default fNRB.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠fNRB value contradicts between the verification report (91.44) and the monitoring report (0.9144) — a factor-of-100 discrepancy that undermines confidence in the emissions calculation
• ⚠FPIC status directly contradicted: the validation report (2023-11-30) confirms FPIC was conducted, while the PDD (2024-09-13) states it was not
• ⚠Usage rate shows a contradiction of 100% (2025 monitoring report) versus 1% (2024 monitoring report), a 100× difference that raises serious data-reliability questions
• ⚠ERR figures differ by nearly 2× between the validation report (47,333) and the verification report (91,239), and the basis for each figure is not clearly reconciled

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