About the Land Sector and Removals Guidance
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Land Sector and Removals Guidance explains how companies account for and report the following activities in their greenhouse gas inventories:
• Land management and land use change
• CO2 removals and storage in land, product and geologic carbon pools
• Biogenic products and products derived from technological CO2 removals across the value chain
The new guidance is expected to be used by companies to:
• Inform mitigation strategies by understanding the GHG emissions and removal impacts of land management, land use change, biogenic products and other CO2 removal activities
• Set targets and track performance by including the above activities in GHG targets
• Report GHG inventories including GHG emissions and CO2 removals and report progress toward GHG mitigation goals
Pilot Testing and Review Phase
The Draft for Pilot Testing and Review (September 2022) is now available. This draft is not yet final and does not represent official Greenhouse Gas Protocol guidance.
This Guidance has been under development through the Advisory Committee and Technical Working Group since 2020.
The pilot testing phase will last 4 months (September 15, 2022 - January 15, 2023) and the review phase will last 2 months (September 28 - November 30, 2022). The Review Group is open to any interested stakeholder that wants to participate in the public consultation by reviewing this draft (to sign up, click here). Members of the Pilot Testing Group and Review Group will receive the draft by email when each phase begins.
Following the pilot testing and review phase, the Guidance will be finalized in consultation with the Advisory Committee and Technical Working Group and published in 2023.