Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda CPA 0009

Audit Analysis

The Rwanda Improved Cook Stoves programme (CPA 0009) has a confirmed additionality assessment and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but is undermined by a project-specific baseline, the absence of a stated buffer pool, a 27% upward revision in the non-renewable biomass fraction, and 24 outstanding corrective actions. Multiple contradictions across verification and monitoring reports—particularly in emission reduction figures and the FNRB methodology—raise material concerns about the reliability of the claimed reductions. The low extraction confidence in at least one key document further limits assurance.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FNRB value increased from 0.77 (validation report, 2021) to 0.98 (verification report, 2025), a 27% upward revision that inflates claimed reductions without a clear methodological justification in the extracted record
• ⚠24 corrective actions remain open in the 2025 verification report, including inconsistencies in ER values across CPAs, calibration date mismatches, and missing SDG parameter documentation
• ⚠Emission reduction figures conflict between the 2024 monitoring report (167,903 tCO₂e) and the 2025 verification report (326,510 tCO₂e), a nearly 2× discrepancy that is not explained in the extracted record
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable and the full evidentiary basis may be incomplete

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