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ScoredGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticNigeriaRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 11

Developer: Impact Carbon

GS-3290 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11269

#1360of 1536 in Industrial#70of 75 in Nigeria#1817of 2030 in Gold Standard (GS)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.0 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Scored2026-09-06high confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2023-11-30

evidence:23/25registry documents analyzed · 5red flags

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Analysis

The Safe Water Programme in Nigeria has a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a functioning monitoring system, but is undermined by a severe FNRB discrepancy (85×) between successive verification reports, contradictory leakage justifications, and over 20 corrective actions flagged by the VVB. The project-specific baseline lacks a stated reassessment date, and no buffer pool or ex-ante lifetime estimate is available to anchor the credit claims.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentGS Emission Reductions from Safe Drinking Water

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: registry label

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2021
53,98953,9890
2022
51,59515,26236,333
2023
43,185043,185
2024
38,103038,103
2025
36,166036,166
Total223,03869,251153,787

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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