Proyecto Mirador Enhanced Distribution of Improved Cookstoves in Latin America - First VPA for Distribution of Dos por Tres Cookstoves in Honduras

Audit Analysis

Proyecto Mirador is a Gold Standard cookstove project in Honduras with VVB-verified additionality and a measured baseline, but it is undermined by a dramatic fNRB revision (69% to 32%), a 42% gap between claimed and verified emissions reductions, extensive material findings including double-claiming and thermal-efficiency inconsistencies, and the absence of a stated buffer pool. The project's data reliability is further weakened by eleven cross-document contradictions in key parameters. While safeguards and FPIC are documented, the cumulative effect of these issues places the project in a moderate-risk category.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠fNRB value dropped from 69% (Jan 2025 verification) to 32% (Dec 2025 verification) — a 54% relative reduction that fundamentally alters the emissions-reduction claim
• ⚠Claimed ERR of 215,034 tCO2e vs verified 124,527 tCO2e — a 42% gap between the two figures reported in the same verification cycle
• ⚠16% of surveyed households still had a traditional fogón in use alongside the improved cookstove (CAR2), raising co-existence and over-crediting concerns
• ⚠Double-claiming risk with other carbon projects identified; 5,661 tCO2e was discounted as a corrective action

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