GS11935 GS11934 RVPA-21 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 contradictory FPIC record, a project-specific baseline with no reassessment date, no stated buffer pool, and a 100% usage-rate assumption. The low extraction confidence and absence of any monitoring-period data limit confidence in the verified figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the 2023 validation report records FPIC as conducted, while the more recent 2024 validation report records it as not conducted — the more recent document is privileged, leaving a safeguards gap.
• ⚠Usage rate is assumed at 100% with no verified usage-rate figure available, which is an aggressive assumption for a domestic cookstove project.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted data.
• ⚠No monitoring period or monitoring report is present in the extracted record; all ERR figures come from the validation stage only.

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