IMPROVED KITCHEN REGIMES MANICA PROVINCE SAFE WATER

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard kitchen-regime and safe-water project in Mozambique has a VVB-verified additionality assessment and confirmed FPIC, but is undermined by an extensive list of unresolved corrective actions, a 15-way set of cross-document contradictions, and a verified emission reduction figure that exceeds the pro-rata ex-ante expectation by roughly five-fold. The absence of a stated buffer pool, inconsistent leakage treatment, and CORSIA eligibility without a clear CCP position create meaningful over-crediting and dual-channel risks.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR of 82,342 tCO2e for the 2023–2024 monitoring period is approximately 4.7× the pro-rata expectation (~17,500 tCO2e) derived from the 46,050 tCO2e lifetime ex-ante estimate over a ~5.25-year crediting period, raising serious over-crediting concerns
• ⚠Fifteen cross-document contradictions identified, including conflicting leakage deductions (0% in verification vs 5% in PDD), conflicting fNRB values (0.86 vs 0.78), and conflicting crediting-period dates
• ⚠Extensive list of open corrective actions (FAR 01–05 on SDG indicators, fNRB at VPA level, monitoring options) remain unresolved as of the latest verification report
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility is confirmed while CCP status is not stated, creating potential dual-channel crediting risk

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