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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticGambiaRegistry: Registered

GS1247 VPA 229 The Gambia Safe Water

Developer: CO2balance UK ltd

GS-2187 ↗ · current registry ID: GS7585

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#634of 1712 in Industrial#8of 8 in Gambia#976of 2176 in Gold Standard (GS)

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 3 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 5.5 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-03medium confidence

evidence: 31/35 registry documents analyzed · 4 red flags

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Analysis

The Gambia Safe Water project (GS1247 VPA 229) is a Gold Standard safe water project with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reported reversal events, but it is undermined by extensive material findings (21 CARs, multiple borehole water-quality failures), a 0% leakage deduction whose justification shifted between reports, and numerous contradictions across documents. The project delivered its claimed emissions reductions for the 2023–2024 monitoring period, but the absence of a buffer pool, the project-specific baseline, and the volume of unresolved corrective actions (including five open FARs) limit confidence in long-term integrity.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 3 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 35 registry documents (31 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

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  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 27 Sep 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology approved by ICVCMGS TPDDTEC

    The methodology meets the Core Carbon Principles; this project's credits do not carry the CCP label yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment · ICVCM table read on 4 Oct 2026

    Covers: the methodology (every project using it), not this project's credits

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: registry label · read on 27 Sep 2026

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2020
3,5623,5620
2021
5,5995,494105
2022
5,7454,3831,362
2023
4,34604,346
Total19,25213,4395,813

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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