Net carbon losses from geologic reservoirs within inventory boundary
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports net carbon losses from geologic reservoirs that remain within the physical GHG inventory boundary, classified as fossil fuel and industrial emissions.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Physical GHG inventory reporting period
- Aggregation
- Net carbon losses from geologic reservoirs reported for the physical GHG inventory
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage
- Controlled domain
- Climate and greenhouse gases
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Geologic reservoirs that remain within the reporting organization's physical GHG inventory boundary
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Measurement AuthoritySource evidence
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Measurement
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- page 85, Reporting requirements for geologic storage, Life cycle GHG emissions | Requirement 23.GS
- Measurement Authority4c766748385ba6d8ad17
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- page 85, Reporting requirements for geologic storage, Life cycle GHG emissions | Requirement 23.GS
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Physical GHG inventory reporting period
Unit meaning: Each field uses its source-defined unit and retains the applicable scope, category, land-sector method and boundary.
Table fields and units
- Net carbon losses from geologic reservoirs — unit: applicable physical GHG inventory reporting unit
- Physical GHG inventory classification — unit: not applicable
- Inventory-boundary status — unit: not applicable
Published dimensions
- storage pool: geologic reservoir
- inventory treatment: fossil fuel and industrial emissions
- inventory boundary inclusion
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaReport the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. The source establishes a separately reportable physical-inventory outcome rather than an emission factor, calculation operand, or optional methodological context. Because no single unit is prescribed, it is published as a structured disclosure with a field-level reporting-unit requirement.
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.
Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 27 August 2026
Land Sector and Removals Standard
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
- Locator
- page 85, Reporting requirements for geologic storage, Life cycle GHG emissions | Requirement 23.GS
Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Net carbon losses from geologic reservoirs within inventory boundary”.
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Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Land Sector and Removals Standard, Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027.
- Report the carbon-loss amount using the applicable unit used for the physical GHG inventory.
- Classify the reported loss under fossil fuel and industrial emissions in the physical GHG inventory.
- Disclose that the reported reservoirs remain within the inventory boundary.
- Apply the geologic-storage reporting requirements in Requirement 23.GS.
Record-specific limitations
- Applies only to carbon losses from geologic reservoirs that remain within the inventory boundary.
- The source requires reporting under fossil fuel and industrial emissions; it does not prescribe a single reporting unit.
- This metric does not cover losses caused by loss of the storage-pool boundary or monitoring, which are reversals rather than physical inventory-boundary losses.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.