Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 93

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard safe-water project in Nigeria is at the validation stage with no verification data yet available. Additionality was confirmed by the VVB via a combined test, and safeguards and a grievance mechanism are in place, but the project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible,' the absence of a buffer pool, and the lack of FPIC limit confidence in the integrity of the claims. Two contradictions between documents (additionality test type and fNRB method) and six outstanding corrective actions further temper the assessment.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No verified emission reduction data exists; the project is still at validation stage with the crediting period only beginning in August 2024
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% with only a 'deemed negligible' justification and no quantified analysis of household reversion risk
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted despite the project distributing water infrastructure to communities in Nigeria
• ⚠Six corrective actions remain open at validation, including justification for the fNRB calculation tool version and clarification of baseline parameter data sources

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