GS5658 VPA 33: Access to energy for local development and women's empowerment in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
GS-3017 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11029
#318of 1329 in Industrial#7of 51 in Mozambique#516of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard efficient cookstove project in Mozambique with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but undermined by a project-specific baseline, a significant ODA funding diversion concern flagged in the verification report, and a 43% gap between claimed and verified ERs. The project over-delivered relative to its ex-ante estimate (133% of pro-rata expectation), yet multiple material findings and eight corrective actions indicate unresolved data-quality and additionality risks.
Red Flags
- CAR#1 in the verification report flags ODA funding diversion and double-counting risk, directly threatening the additionality claim
- Verified ERs (10,000) are 43% lower than the project's claimed ERs (17,674), indicating substantial over-claiming that the VVB had to correct
- Seven contradictions across documents, including a 20-year crediting period in the PDD versus a 5-year period in the verification report, raise questions about which scope is authoritative
- Leakage deduction of only 0.95% (verification report) versus 5% (monitoring report) — a five-fold discrepancy in a project type where displaced charcoal/wood leakage is plausible
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7,169 | 7,169 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10,000 | 9,365 | 635 | |
| 2023 | 3,600 | 2,125 | 1,475 | |
| Total | 20,769 | 18,659 | 2,110 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed but ODA diversion risk flagged
Energy-efficiency project, no reversal events
Quantified at 0.95% but five-fold discrepancy across docs
Project-specific, no reassessment date stated
FPIC conducted, grievance mechanism confirmed, benefit sharing described
CORSIA and CCP eligibility not stated in any document
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