GS1247 VPA 130 Zoba Anseba Community Safe Water

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard improved-kitchen energy-efficiency project in Eritrea with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative usage-rate capping, but undermined by an unaddressed 0% leakage deduction, a significant FNRB method/value shift between the PDD and monitoring report, and two open forward action requests. The project delivered below ex-ante estimates, which is reassuring, yet the documentation record contains multiple unresolved contradictions that weaken confidence in the claimed figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with no justification in the verification report (2024-10-02), while the monitoring report (2024-09-20) merely states it was 'deemed negligible' — no quantitative or qualitative basis provided
• ⚠FNRB value increased from 0.85 (local field measurement, PDD 2023) to 0.97 (national default, monitoring report 2024), inflating claimed reductions; the method change from local field to national default is unexplained
• ⚠Two Forward Action Requests remain open: duplication check for user lists across boreholes and submission of grievance evidence for the current and next monitoring period
• ⚠Total ERR verified figure is not found in the extracted record, preventing independent cross-check of the 32,238 tCO₂e claimed for the 2023–2024 monitoring period

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