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Removals meeting removals requirements by storage pool

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports physical GHG removals that meet the standard's removals requirements, disaggregated by storage pool.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Report the amount of removals meeting the standard's removals requirements separately for each storage pool; do not combine storage pools into an undisaggregated qualifying-removals result.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Climate change and carbon removals
Controlled domain
Climate and greenhouse gases
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Physical GHG inventory removals within the Land Sector and Removals Standard reporting 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 Authority

    GHG Protocol

    Source evidence
    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 71, Section 12.2.2, Reporting requirements for removals
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    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 71, Section 12.2.2, Reporting requirements for removals
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
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

  • Storage pool
  • Removal amount meeting removals requirements
  • Applicable scope or inventory classification
  • Boundary or spatial context
  • Method and qualification basis

Published dimensions

  • storage pool
  • scope
  • Scope 3 category
  • gas
  • product type
  • land-use category
  • carbon pool
  • spatial boundary
  • traceability level
  • uncertainty
  • permanence

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. This is an explicit reporting requirement for an independently reportable physical-inventory result. Storage pool is a mandatory structural dimension, so the outcome is published as a structured disclosure rather than as one total removals quantity. It is not the same identity as ghg-removals-and-storage because the source-specific qualification and storage-pool reporting requirement define a distinct boundary and table structure.

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 71, Section 12.2.2, Reporting requirements for removals

    Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Removals meeting removals requirements by storage pool”.

    Open official source

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.

  • Identify the storage pool for each reported removal amount.
  • State that reported amounts meet the standard's removals requirements.
  • Disclose the physical GHG inventory boundary and applicable scope treatment used for the reported removals.

Record-specific limitations

  • Only removals meeting the standard's removals requirements are included.
  • The source requires separate storage-pool reporting; it does not support combining qualifying removals with emissions, avoided emissions, GHG credits, or credit-adjusted values.
  • The source extract does not specify a reporting unit or calculation equation.
  • The GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard v1.1 was published on 30 June 2026 and becomes effective on 1 January 2027; it was not yet effective on the 2026-08-27 catalog date.

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.