GS11935 GS11934 RVPA-37 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 2010 baseline survey whose relevance was explicitly questioned by the CME, unaddressed reversal risk, a contradictory FPIC record, and a 100% usage-rate assumption that inflates claimed reductions. The low extraction confidence and absence of a monitoring report limit confidence in the overall data picture.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline survey conducted in 2010; CME raised FAR 4 specifically questioning its relevance for firewood consumption in a 2024 validation
• ⚠FPIC status contradicts between the 2023 and 2024 validation reports (true vs. false); the more recent 2024 report states FPIC was not conducted
• ⚠Reversal events are listed as 'not addressed' and no buffer pool percentage is stated in any available document
• ⚠Usage rate assumed at 100% with no verified usage rate available, and the monitoring period is not stated in the extracted record
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable

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