GS5658: PoA - Climate Finance for Sustainable Development
GS-1019 ↗ · current registry ID: GS5658
#1316of 1329 in Industrial#5of 5 in Burundi#1787of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
This Gold Standard cookstove project in Burundi (GS-1019) presents a severe evidence gap: no additionality test type, no VVB identification, no ERR figures (claimed, verified, or ex-ante), no buffer pool, and reversal risk explicitly not addressed. The available record is essentially a PDD with a one-month monitoring window and a 20-year crediting period, leaving virtually no verifiable quantitative basis to assess the project's integrity or claim safety.
Red Flags
- Reversal risk is explicitly 'not addressed' in the extracted record — a critical gap for a cookstove project where stoves can break, be lost, or be replaced with non-efficient alternatives over a 20-year crediting period
- No additionality test type is stated in any available document, and no VVB is identified to have verified additionality
- No ERR figures of any kind (claimed, verified, or ex-ante lifetime) are available, making it impossible to assess over- or under-crediting
- No buffer pool percentage is stated, leaving no financial or credit-based protection against reversal
- Grievance mechanism is explicitly absent (false) despite safeguards being mentioned and benefit sharing described
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 682 | 682 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 20,091 | 20,091 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 58,065 | 54,656 | 3,409 | |
| 2020 | 109,850 | 97,721 | 12,129 | |
| 2021 | 180,704 | 176,217 | 4,487 | |
| 2022 | 193,572 | 179,379 | 14,193 | |
| 2023 | 156,872 | 70,013 | 86,859 | |
| 2024 | 54,897 | 74 | 54,823 | |
| 2025 | 770 | 0 | 770 | |
| Total | 775,503 | 598,833 | 176,670 |
Risk Indicators
No additionality test type or VVB confirmation found
Reversal not addressed
0% deduction deemed negligible; justification not quantified
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date stated
Safeguards and benefit sharing mentioned; no grievance mechanism; FPIC not stated
CORSIA and CCP status not stated in available documents
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