Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Mozambique – Project 2

Audit Analysis

This VCS cookstove project in Mozambique has a confirmed combined additionality test and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but the verification report raises 12 material findings — most critically that the 91.2% operational cookstove rate is 'likely unrealistic' and the sampling methodology behind it is insufficiently documented. The project delivered only about 4.5% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, and no buffer pool is stated, leaving permanence and MRV robustness as significant concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The verification report explicitly states the 91.2% operational cookstove proportion is 'likely unrealistic' and that the sampling methodology used to determine it is not adequately described or verified
• ⚠14 corrective actions were required by the VVB, including re-verification of sampling procedures, cross-checking against raw data and project databases, and multiple PDD and validation report updates
• ⚠The project delivered approximately 4.5% of the pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the ~15-month monitoring period (48,799 vs. ~1,076,000 tCO2e expected), raising questions about the realism of the ex-ante estimate or the pace of implementation
• ⚠The validation report (June 2024) records additionality as not verified, contradicting the later verification report (October 2024) which confirms it

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