GS11935 GS11934 RVPA-16 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 a 100% usage-rate assumption, absence of a buffer pool, a direct contradiction on whether FPIC was conducted, and no monitoring data yet available. The project is in its early crediting period (2023–2028) and the documentation record shows multiple initial gaps that were subsequently closed, but the low extraction confidence and missing monitoring period limit confidence in the current evidence base.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FPIC contradiction: the 2024-09-27 validation report states FPIC was NOT conducted, while an earlier 2023-11-30 validation report states it WAS conducted — the more recent document is privileged, leaving a safeguards gap
• ⚠100% usage-rate assumption for cookstoves is highly aggressive and no verified usage rate has been reported to date
• ⚠Total ERR claimed (47,306 tCO2e) exactly equals total ERR verified, with no monitoring period stated — this suggests no independent monitoring has yet been performed
• ⚠Low extraction confidence across the document set reduces reliability of the structured evidence base

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