Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 95
GS-4318 ↗ · current registry ID: GS12411
#481of 1329 in Industrial#20of 79 in Nigeria#762of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The Safe Water and Improved Cookstove Programme in Nigeria has a solid additionality foundation (combined test confirmed by the VVB) and documented safeguards, but suffers from a 0% leakage deduction with no substantive justification, an unverified 90% usage rate assumption, and the absence of any verified emission reduction data to validate the 290,960 tCO₂e claim. The project-specific baseline and lack of a buffer pool further weaken the integrity profile, while the absence of a monitoring report in the evidence set limits transparency.
Red Flags
- Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the PDD, creating an over-crediting risk for a project distributing physical assets (cookstoves, water systems) where displacement and rebound effects are plausible
- No verified emission reduction figure exists in the extracted record; the 290,960 tCO₂e claim cannot be independently validated against monitoring data
- Usage rate of 90% is assumed in the PDD but has never been verified through monitoring, and no end-use tracking mechanism is documented
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19,228 | 0 | 19,228 | |
| Total | 19,228 | 0 | 19,228 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test, VVB-confirmed
no reversal data
0% deduction, justification not addressed
Project-specific, reassessed 2021
FPIC, grievance, benefit sharing documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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