GS5047 VPA85 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Gishwati – Mukura Forest Conservation Project XIII

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard cookstove project in Rwanda presents a combined additionality test and a project-specific baseline, but critical verification elements are missing: no VVB name, no verified ERR figure, no buffer pool percentage, and no monitoring period are stated in the available record. Three contradictions between the PDD and monitoring report (leakage justification, FNRB value, grievance mechanism) introduce data-reliability concerns that temper confidence in the project's claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No VVB name or verification confirmation found in any available document — additionality test type is listed as 'combined' but independent verification is unconfirmed
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% yet the monitoring report claims it was 'quantified' while the PDD (2018) states it was 'deemed negligible' — a 0% deduction is inconsistent with a quantified assessment
• ⚠No verified ERR figure is available to validate the 5,850 tCO₂e claimed, and no lifetime ex-ante estimate is stated, making over- or under-crediting impossible to assess
• ⚠Extraction record contains significant data-quality errors (project name listed as VPA90 vs actual VPA85; registry listed as CDM vs actual Gold Standard; technical specs describe Word document format rather than project parameters)

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