Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme, Uganda – CPA No 016

Audit Analysis

The Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme in Uganda has a confirmed additionality assessment and quantified leakage deduction, but is undermined by a high volume of material findings, seventeen corrective actions, and twelve cross-document contradictions in key parameters including ERR figures, FNRB values, and crediting period length. The project is CCP-eligible, which elevates the stakes of these data-quality issues for compliance-market buyers.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Crediting period discrepancy: VPA-DD states 15 years while the monitoring report states 5 years (2024-12-05 to 2029-12-04), flagged as a corrective action in the 2026 verification report
• ⚠A corrective action explicitly requires cross-checking ICS databases to avoid double counting with an existing project, indicating unresolved double-claiming risk
• ⚠Circular references in ex-ante ER values and incorrect notation for usage rate identified in the ER spreadsheet (CL 04, 2026 verification report)
• ⚠FNRB value changed from 0.82 (2025 verification report) to 0.39 (2026 verification report) without clear explanation in the extracted record
• ⚠FPIC status contradicts between the 2023 verification report (not conducted) and the 2025 validation report (conducted), with a separate CAR requiring Indigenous Peoples principles to be added to the PoA-DD

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