GS1247 VPA 119 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes
GS-1043 ↗ · current registry ID: GS5825
#248of 1329 in Industrial#6of 38 in Eritrea#423of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard community borehole project in Eritrea with verified additionality and a recently reassessed baseline, but lacking a buffer pool for a project type with inherent equipment-failure risk. Multiple corrective actions remain open from the 2024 verification, and the verified ERR figure is absent from the extracted record, limiting the ability to confirm over- or under-delivery. The project is in a transition between crediting periods, with a new validation completed in 2025.
Red Flags
- No buffer pool is in place despite the project's inherent reversal risk (borehole breakdowns), and the verification report marks reversal events as 'not addressed' rather than explicitly confirming none occurred
- Eight compliance-level findings and five corrective action requests were raised in the 2024 verification, with several forward action items (downtime reporting, duplication checks, dry-season WCFT) still pending at the next verification
- The verified ERR figure is not present in the extracted record, preventing a pro-rata comparison against the 79,172 tCO₂e claimed for the 2023–2024 monitoring period
- The FNRB method is contradictory across documents: the 2024 verification report states 'national default' while the 2023 PDD states 'local field' measurement
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4,762 | 4,762 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 10,125 | 7,544 | 2,581 | |
| 2020 | 5,271 | 5,229 | 42 | |
| 2021 | 6,478 | 3,663 | 2,815 | |
| 2022 | 5,859 | 1,548 | 4,311 | |
| 2023 | 4,000 | 0 | 4,000 | |
| 2024 | 185 | 0 | 185 | |
| Total | 46,680 | 32,746 | 13,934 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
reversal risk unaddressed in verification
0% deduction with quantified justification; no buffer margin
Project-specific baseline; reassessed 2024; FNRB method contradictory
FPIC conducted; grievance mechanism present
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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