Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 82

Audit Analysis

The Safe Water Programme in Nigeria has a VVB-verified combined additionality test and no reported reversal events, but suffers from a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justification across documents, no stated buffer pool, and no verified emission reduction figure to validate the 290,960 tCO2e lifetime claim. Seven contradictions between the PDD, validation report, and monitoring report undermine data reliability, and the project's CORSIA eligibility introduces dual-channel crediting risk.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification that is contradictory: the PDD (2023) states leakage is 'deemed negligible' while the validation report (2024) records it as 'not addressed' — the more recent and authoritative validation report indicates the issue was never properly resolved.
• ⚠No verified emission reduction figure is available in the extracted record; the 290,960 tCO2e lifetime claim cannot be independently validated against monitoring data.
• ⚠Seven contradictions across documents (leakage, FNRB, additionality type, crediting period, monitoring method, reversal events, usage rate units) indicate inconsistent record-keeping and raise data reliability concerns.
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility is confirmed while CCP status is not mentioned, creating potential dual-channel crediting risk.
• ⚠One corrective action remains outstanding: the safeguarding principles assessment must be updated with responses to assessment questions.

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