GS11935 GS11934 RVPA-55 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 significant gaps in permanence treatment (no buffer pool, reversal events unaddressed), an unverified 100% usage rate assumption, and a contradictory FPIC record. The exact match between claimed and verified ERR figures, combined with the absence of any monitoring period data, suggests no independent monitoring has yet been conducted.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the 2024 validation report states FPIC was NOT conducted, while an earlier 2023 validation report indicated it was — the more recent document is privileged, leaving a safeguards gap
• ⚠No buffer pool percentage is stated and reversal events are explicitly 'not addressed', leaving permanence risk unmitigated for a 5-year crediting period
• ⚠Claimed and verified ERR are identical (47,333 tCO2e) with no monitoring period recorded, indicating no independent monitoring cycle has been completed
• ⚠Usage rate is assumed at 100% with no verified usage rate available, and the monitoring method is only an annual survey
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing reliability of the extracted record

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