GS7591 VPA 25 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard safe water and cookstove project in Mozambique has VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but is undermined by a confirmed over-issuance of 30,370 tCO2e, a double-counted borehole across VPAs, a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justifications, and 13 outstanding corrective actions. The data quality issues in the monitoring report and the absence of a buffer pool or stated CCP/CORSIA status raise meaningful over-crediting and permanence concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Over-issuance of 30,370 tCO2e in MP1 due to incorrect borehole operating-day calculation, only partially corrected by deduction in the current period
• ⚠Double counting of one borehole between VPAs GS7649 and GS7650, indicating cross-VPA data integrity failure
• ⚠0% leakage deduction with contradictory justifications ('quantified' in the verification report vs 'deemed negligible' in the monitoring report)
• ⚠13 corrective actions and 17 material findings remain open, including incomplete ER sheets and inconsistent SDG/net-benefit calculations

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