GS11935 GS11934 RVPA-15 Promoting sustainable use of biomass energy resources in targeted communities

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard cookstove project in Nepal with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by an aggressive 100% usage-rate assumption, absence of a buffer pool, a contradictory FPIC record, and no monitoring-period data to verify actual delivery. The low extraction confidence and multiple cross-document inconsistencies (several of which are unit-conversion artefacts) reduce confidence in the underlying data.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Usage rate assumed at 100% with no verified usage rate reported in any available document — a significant over-crediting risk for a domestic cookstove project
• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the 2023 validation report states FPIC was conducted, while the more recent 2024 validation report states it was not; the 2024 value is privileged
• ⚠Total ERR claimed equals total ERR verified (47,333 tCO₂e) with no monitoring period or monitoring report identified, suggesting the 'verified' figure is simply the validation estimate repeated rather than independently monitored
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable

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