GS5047 VPA61 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ibanda – Makera Forest Cook Stove Project VI
GS-2951 ↗ · current registry ID: GS10992
#91of 1329 in Industrial#8of 139 in Rwanda#195of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard cookstove project in Rwanda with a combined additionality test and SustainCERT verification, but significant data contradictions across documents (ERR figures, FNRB values, safeguards status) and a project-specific baseline with no documented reassessment. The verification report applies conservative values (lower ERR, lower FNRB), which mitigates over-crediting risk, but the absence of a buffer pool, ex-ante lifetime ERR figure, and explicit VVB additionality confirmation leaves moderate uncertainty on permanence and additionality robustness.
Red Flags
- Six contradictions between the verification report, monitoring report, and PDD on key parameters (ERR, FNRB, safeguards, grievance mechanism, crediting period, leakage justification) indicate inconsistent record-keeping
- No buffer pool percentage stated and no reversal events data available, leaving permanence risk unquantified for a 9-year crediting period
- Baseline is project-specific with no documented reassessment date, and the PDD crediting period (2021-07-01, end date missing) conflicts with the monitoring report (2020-10-13 to 2029-09-01)
- No ex-ante lifetime ERR figure found in any document, preventing a pro-rata delivery check against the 58,350 tCO2e verified for the 13-month monitoring period
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,203 | 7,203 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 738 | 724 | 14 | |
| Total | 7,941 | 7,927 | 14 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test applied but VVB confirmation not explicitly recorded
no reversal data; 9-year crediting period
0% deduction, 'deemed negligible' justification; contradiction in records
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date documented
Grievance mechanism and benefit sharing confirmed in verification report; FPIC not stated
CORSIA and CCP status both unstated; dual-channel risk unassessed
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