Call for input 2022 - Activities involving removals under the Article 6.4 Mechanism of the Paris Agreement

Background   

The Article 6.4 Mechanism Supervisory Body (Supervisory Body) is seeking inputs on the documents entitled: 

  • Draft recommendation: Requirements for the development and assessment of mechanism methodologies pertaining to activities involving removals (as Annex 5 to the SB002 annotated agenda
  • Information note: Removal activities under the Article 6.4 mechanism (as Annex 6 to the SB002 annotated agenda
  • In-meeting working document on "Recommendations for activities involving removals under the Article 6.4 mechanism" (SB002 in-meeting working document

This work is being carried out in response to the request of the CMA, through its decision 3/CMA.3, paragraph 6(c). The Supervisory Body, at its second meeting, considered the above documents and agreed to continue working on them with an aim to finalize high-level recommendations to the CMA.4 at the third meeting of the Supervisory Body (see SB002 Meeting report, para. 12). It further requested the secretariat to launch a call for public inputs on these annexes and to advertise this call to a wide range of stakeholders, with a view to seek further inputs from stakeholders.

Open Call    

The call for inputs from stakeholders is open from 27 September to 11 October 2022. 

Stakeholders are invited to provide their inputs on the above documents (annex 5, annex 6 and in-meeting document). The inputs received will be publicly available and considered by the Supervisory Body. 

The call is now open. Please send in your input to Supervisory Body at Supervisory-Body@unfccc.int. The subject heading of the email should be: Call for input 2022 - activities involving removals under the Article 6.4 Mechanism of the Paris Agreement. 

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The call is now closed. Please contact Supervisory Body at Supervisory-Body@unfccc.int for any queries.

The inputs received are publicly available (below) and will be considered by the Supervisory Body at its third meeting from 3 to 5 November 2022.

Submission Date Submission
27 October 2022
(late submission)
Papua New Guinea on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations
14 October 2022 IETA: Removals input for 6.4SB (late submission)
13 October 2022 Center for International Environmental Law: CIEL Submission on Article 6.4 Removals (late submission)
11 October 2022 Winrock: ACR & ART input-6.4 removals public comment
11 October 2022 Wetlands International: Inputs on removal activities
11 October 2022 Verdane: Response to UNFCCC Article 6.4 call
11 October 2022 TREEO: Review Article 6.4 mechanism
11 October 2022 TNC: Removals and REDD-plus
11 October 2022 Timber Finance Initiative: Engineered timber as carbon storage
11 October 2022 The HBAR Foundation: Response of THF to UNFCC Calls for Input on A6.4M
11 October 2022 Stockholm-Exergi: Contribution by Stockholm Exergi in response to UNFCCC’s Call for input 2022
11 October 2022 SEI: Response to Call for Input on Removals in Article 6.4
11 October 2022 Running Tide: Article 6.4 input for ocean-based carbon removal
11 October 2022 Perspectives: Input on removal activities under A6.4 Mechanisms
11 October 2022 Orsted: Peatlands and BECCS
11 October 2022 NCX: Call for input 2022 - Activities involving removals under the Article 6.4 Mechanism
11 October 2022 l4CE: Carbon certification Recommendations
11 October 2022 Instituto Acao Verde: Deforestation Double Counting
11 October 2022 IEAGHG: Activities involving removals under the Article 6.4
11 October 2022 ICLRC: Response to call for input 2022-Activities involving removals
11 October 2022 GCCSI: Submission to the A6.4 Supervisory Body Call for Inputs 2022 - SB002-A05
11 October 2022 Frikk Nesje: Update On discount rate
11 October 2022 Evident C-capsule: Inputs on removal activities
11 October 2022 European Biochar Industry Consortium: CCS and biochar in removal activities
11 October 2022 Drax: Response to the A6 consultation
11 October 2022 DAC Coalition: Recommendations from Direct Air Capture Coalition
11 October 2022 Climeworks: Response to the documents regarding removals under Article 6.4
11 October 2022 Clean Air Task Force: CATF Article 6.4 Comments
11 October 2022 Cercarbono: Additionality and double counting
11 October 2022 Center for Clean Air Policy: CCAP Submision Annex 5 to the SB002
11 October 2022 CarbonPlan: Comments on Article 6.4 Mechanism
11 October 2022 Carbon Recycling: Contributions to the Information Note document
11 October 2022 Carbon Market Watch: Submission for the call on removals
11 October 2022 Carbon Finance Labs: UNFCCC Article 6.4 Contribution
11 October 2022 Carbon Engineering: Role of DACCS removal activities
11 October 2022 Carbon Business Council: Inputs on removal activities
11 October 2022 CARBFIX: Subsurface mineralization of CO2
11 October 2022 CADA: Proposal for development of new Methodologies for ITMOs and CCS 
11 October 2022 BeZeroCarbon: Consultation response
11 October 2022 Ben Groom-Univ of Exeter: Baselines for evaluation of removals and additionality in general
11 October 2022 Ben Groom-Univ of Exeter: Inputs on removals
11 October 2022 Bellona: Response to CDR call for input
11 October 2022 Arcusa S: Call for input 2022 - activities involving removals under the Article 6.4 Mechanism
11 October 2022 ALLCOT: Inputs on Land-Based Removals
11 October 2022 Aircapture: Carbon utilization as durable storage under engineering methods
10 October 2022 GE Power-CCS: solutions as engineering-based removal activities
10 October 2022 GCC: Inputs on Annex 5 to the SB002 annotated agenda
10 October 2022 GCC: Inputs on Annex 6 to the SB002 annotated agenda
10 October 2022 GCC: Inputs on SB002 in-meeting working document
10 October 2022 OCS: Ocean Microalgae removal approach 
6 October 2022 Planetary Technologies: Ocean alkalinity methods
4 October 2022 Hayes Limnology Lab: Ocean alkalinity enhancement using electrolysis
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