Removals stored in ocean or freshwater carbon pools
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports, when elected for accounting, physical GHG removals stored in ocean or freshwater carbon pools separately from Scope 1 and Scope 3 removals.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period, when the company elects to account for these removals.
- Aggregation
- Report removals stored in ocean or freshwater carbon pools separately; do not aggregate them with Scope 1 removals or Scope 3 removals.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Climate change and carbon removals
- Controlled domain
- Climate and greenhouse gases
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Physical GHG inventory accounting for removals stored in ocean or freshwater carbon pools when voluntarily accounted for under the Land Sector and Removals Standard.
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 69, Requirement 19, Excluded GHG pools and gases
- Measurement Authority874dfe4b8cf5411c533c
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 69, Requirement 19, Excluded GHG pools and gases | Page 69, Requirement 19, Excluded GHG pools and gases
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period, when the company elects to account for these removals.
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 type
- Removal amount
- Accounting election
- Physical GHG inventory boundary
- Separation from Scope 1 and Scope 3 removals
Published dimensions
- storage pool
- water body type
- scope
- Scope 3 category
- gas
- spatial boundary
- traceability level
- uncertainty
- permanence
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 conditional physical-inventory result and explicitly prohibits its combination with Scope 1 or Scope 3 removals. It is therefore a distinct structured disclosure, not the same construct and boundary as the existing project-level ghg-removals-and-storage metric or value-chain-ghg-removals.
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 69, Requirement 19, Excluded GHG pools and gases
Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Removals stored in ocean or freshwater carbon pools”.
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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.
- State whether ocean or freshwater carbon-pool removals have been elected for accounting.
- Identify whether the storage pool is ocean or freshwater.
- Describe the inventory boundary and treatment used to keep these removals separate from Scope 1 and Scope 3 removals.
Record-specific limitations
- This disclosure applies only if the company chooses to account for removals stored in ocean or freshwater carbon pools.
- These removals must be reported separately from Scope 1 and Scope 3 removals.
- The source extract does not specify a reporting unit, calculation equation, or eligibility methodology.
- 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.