GSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticRwandaGeneral Methodologyv2.1

GS5047 VPA82 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Gishwati – Mukura Forest Conservation Project X

GS-2977 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11018

#546of 1329 in Industrial#37of 139 in Rwanda#844of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)

5.0/ 10
Integrity
5.5
Transparency
4.5
Claim Safety
5.0
Documentation
4.5

Scored2026-09-04high confidence

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard cookstove project in Rwanda with a combined additionality test and SustainCERT as VVB, but significant data gaps in the extracted record (no verified ERR, no monitoring period, no buffer pool stated) and a 10% gap between assumed and verified usage rates. Three contradictions between the PDD and monitoring report (leakage justification, FNRB value, grievance mechanism) introduce moderate reliability concerns. The project shows no material findings or corrective actions, which is positive, but the overall evidence base is thin.

Red Flags

  • Usage rate assumed at 0.99 but verified at only 0.90 — a 10% over-claiming gap that inflates claimed reductions
  • Reversal events explicitly 'not addressed' in the monitoring report, with no buffer pool percentage stated — permanence risk for cookstove replacement is unquantified
  • Leakage justification contradicts between documents: the PDD (2018) states 'deemed negligible' while the monitoring report states 'quantified', yet the deduction is 0% in both cases
  • No verified ERR figure available in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm whether claimed reductions of 5,850 tCO2e are actually delivered

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2022
1,15201,152
2023
9,91309,913
Total11,065011,065

Risk Indicators

Additionality

Combined test present; VVB confirmation not stated in record

Permanence

Reversal not addressed

Leakage

0% deduction; contradictory justifications across documents

Baseline

Project-specific; no reassessment date found

Safeguards

FPIC conducted; grievance mechanism confirmed; safeguards documented

Double-claim

CORSIA and CCP status both not stated

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Analysis ProvenanceScored2026-09-04General Methodology v2.1
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