CCS in the IPCC Guidelines

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CCS in the IPCC Guidelines

• Kristin Rypdal, CICERO

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IPCC Inventory Guidelines

• Adopted by UNFCCC for official reporting of
  emission data
• Basis for crediting
• Kyoto 2008-2012 is based on the 1996 Guidelines
• No mentioning of CCS
• 2006 IPCC Guidelines introduce CCS
• Expected for use post 2012 but is not yet on the
  UNFCCC agenda

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CCS in the 2006 Guidelines

• Basic principles
• Methodology framework
• Reporting framework

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Basic principles

• Emissions associated with the injection and
  possible subsequent leakage of CO2 stored in
  geological formations should be linked to the
  country in whose national jurisdiction or by
  whose international right the point of injection
  is located. This includes any emissions arising
  from leakage of CO2 from a geological formation
  that crosses a national boundary

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Basic principles (2)

• Where CO2 emissions are captured from industrial
  processes or large combustion sources, emissions
  should be allocated to the sector generating the
  CO2 unless it can be shown that the CO2 is stored
  in properly monitored geological storage sites as
  set out

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Basic principles (3)

• Fugitive emissions from pipelines transporting
  e.g. CO2 should be allocated according to the
  national territory of the pipeline, including
  offshore areas. This implies that emissions from
  one pipeline may be distributed between two or
  more countries

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Basic principles (Summary)

• Injecting country is responsible for monitoring
  and reporting
• Emissions are subtracted from the source when
  captured
• Links the emission reduction at source to safe
  storage

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Methodology framework

• Systematic identification of possible emission
  sources along the CCS chain
• Methodologies (equations/ parameters)
• Monitoring of storage
• Documentation of suitability for storage
• Monitoring plan
• Monitoring methods
• Data collection

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Reporting framework

• Capture integrated into reporting of emissions at
  source
• CCS mass balance
• Import and export

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Conclusion

• IPCC offers a framework for monitoring and
  reporting CCS
• Reporting and crediting rules need to be
  discussed by UNFCCC