Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme, Uganda – CPA No 028 supported by Republic of Korea

Audit Analysis

The Up Energy Improved Cookstoves project in Uganda has a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test, FPIC, grievance mechanism, and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but is undermined by a project-specific baseline, numerous documentation-level findings (seven CLs and five CARs), and significant contradictions across documents on ERR figures, FNRB method, and usage monitoring approach. The 5.3× gap between the old project's one-year verified emissions (600,815 tCO₂e) and the new project's five-year ex-ante estimate (113,098 tCO₂e) is not adequately reconciled, and a corrective action explicitly flags double-counting risk with an existing project.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠The old project's 2022 verified ERR of 600,815 tCO₂e is 5.3× the new project's entire 5-year ex-ante estimate of 113,098 tCO₂e; no reconciliation is provided in the extracted documents
• ⚠Corrective action CAR#2 explicitly requires cross-checking ICS databases to avoid double counting with an existing project, indicating an unresolved double-claiming risk
• ⚠Usage monitoring method is contradicted: the verification report (2022) states 'annual survey' while the 2024 appendix states 'assumed'
• ⚠Seven non-conformities (CLs) include inconsistencies in rated thermal efficiency, ηold data choice, and thermal efficiency values between the ER spreadsheet and WBT reports
• ⚠CCP approval status and CORSIA eligibility are not stated in any available document

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