GS7591 VPA 7 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project

Audit Analysis

The Northern Uganda Safe Water Project has a confirmed additionality assessment and no reversal events, but is undermined by an extensive list of material findings (over 30 items), 11 cross-document contradictions, a leakage deduction reduced from 5% to 0% without clear justification, and a project-specific baseline. The low extraction confidence and the monitoring period preceding the crediting period start date raise serious questions about the reliability of the reported figures.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction reduced from 5% (PDD, 2023) to 0% (verification, 2025) with justification shifting from 'deemed negligible' to 'quantified' — no substantive quantification is visible in the extracted record
• ⚠Over 30 material findings and 40+ corrective actions logged across verification and monitoring reports, including fNRB value discrepancies, geo-coordinate errors, borehole ID gaps (double-counting risk), and inconsistent crediting period dates
• ⚠FPIC status contradicts between the monitoring report (not conducted) and the later validation report (conducted) — a fundamental safeguards gap
• ⚠Monitoring period (Jan–Dec 2024) precedes the stated crediting period start (5 Feb 2025), creating ambiguity about which period the verified ERRs of 237,039 tCO₂e actually cover
• ⚠Lifetime ex-ante ERR is not stated in any available document, preventing a meaningful pro-rata over/under-delivery check against the 300,000 tCO₂e claimed figure

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