GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-06 - tiipaalga F3PA cookstoves in Bam and Loroum

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard cookstove efficiency project in Burkina Faso with a VVB-verified combined additionality test and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by a project-specific baseline, no buffer pool, significant security-related monitoring gaps, and a material discrepancy between the 2023 and 2024 verification reports on verified emission reductions (169,085 vs 82,535 tCO₂e). Sixteen corrective actions and multiple material findings indicate ongoing data-quality and reporting issues that temper confidence in the claimed credits.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR dropped from 169,085 tCO₂e (2023 verification) to 82,535 tCO₂e (2024 verification) — a 51% reduction that is not clearly explained by a change in monitoring scope or stove population
• ⚠2,162 households removed from the database due to stove condition while 55 sampled households could not be visited due to insecurity and were scored as 0% users, raising questions about true usage rates
• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the PDD (2022) records FPIC as conducted, but the 2023 verification report records it as not conducted
• ⚠16 corrective actions remain open, including requirements for an on-site visit, grievance log evidence, and clarification of monitoring-period references

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