IMPROVED COOKSTOVES DISTRIBUTION IN ANGOLA

Audit Analysis

The cookstove distribution project in Angola has a VVB-verified additionality assessment and quantified leakage, but is undermined by an extensive list of material findings (over 50 items) touching on baseline validity, stove lifespan versus the 10-year crediting period, a fuel-switch deviation, and non-transparent emission-reduction calculations. Multiple key figures (fNRB, leakage rate, usage rate, ex-ante lifetime reductions) show contradictions across documents, and the first-year verified reductions represent only about 8% of the pro-rata annual expectation, raising over-crediting concerns. The project is registered and operational, but the depth of unresolved documentation and methodological issues warrants caution.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Stove lifespan justification versus the 10-year crediting period was flagged as a material finding and remains an unresolved permanence risk
• ⚠A fuel-switch deviation was observed in the Luanda region (firewood baseline, charcoal stove), undermining baseline validity for affected households
• ⚠Leakage deduction is reported as 0.95% in the verification report but 5% in the monitoring report — a five-fold discrepancy with no reconciliation
• ⚠Usage rate was assumed at 100% in the ex-ante estimate but verified at only 73%, indicating a 27% over-crediting gap if the assumption is carried forward
• ⚠Ex-ante lifetime reductions differ by 70% between the PDD (1,641,000 tCO2e) and the monitoring report (2,800,000 tCO2e), with no documented rationale for the revision

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