CORSIA MRV Readiness
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Generated 2026-10-26 · All findings primary-sourced; gaps are stated, never inferred.
Stat block — CORSIA Central Registry
Chapter-3 participationParticipant from 1 Jan 2025
CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
2019 baselinePilot-phase 645,970 t · 85%-of-2019 549,075 t
CCR Part II, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
2024 emissionsSubject 515,583 t · Not subject 236,993 t · Total 752,576 t
CCR Part III, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
Verification bodyBUREAU NORME AUDIT / BNA (cert. VV25002 v.00)
CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
CEF claims (2024)0
CCR Part IV, 1st Edition (2025-10-01) — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer
Attributed operators(CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition, 2025-12-19 — not confirmed for the latest year (asterisked state))
| Operator | Method | Identifier | 2024 emissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Côte d'Ivoire | ICAO Designator | VRE | 127,060 t |
- Côte d'Ivoire's 10th-Ed operator attribution is not confirmed for the latest year (asterisked state), though Air Côte d'Ivoire's Table 2 figure is a real, fully disclosed number.
- Alongside Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire is one of only two of the 13 states with both an accredited domestic verification body and a fully disclosed attributed-operator emissions figure — the strongest case for running a CORSIA compliance loop end-to-end domestically.
Annex 16 Vol IV — SARP-cited readiness checklist
| Requirement | SARP | Status | Evidence & source | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter-3 State-Pair participation decision notified to ICAO | 3.1.3 | met | Republic of Côte d'Ivoire elected to participate in CORSIA Chapter 3 from 1 January 2025, per ICAO "CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs", 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27). | — |
| Aeroplane-operator attribution submitted | 1.2.2, 1.2.7 | met | 1 operator(s) attributed to Republic of Côte d'Ivoire under CORSIA 10th Edition (2025-12-19): Air Côte d'Ivoire. Not confirmed for the latest year (10th Ed asterisk). | — |
| Verification body accredited in-State | 1.3.7, 4.4.2.2 (ISO/IEC 17011:2017) | met | Republic of Côte d'Ivoire has an ICAO-accredited national CORSIA verification body: BUREAU NORME AUDIT / BNA (certificate VV25002 v.00), per CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19). | — |
| State annual Emissions Report submitted to ICAO | 2.3.2.2 | met | Republic of Côte d'Ivoire is marked "Reported" in both the 2019 (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition) and 2024 (CCR Part III, 4th Edition) reporting-status appendices. | — |
| 2019 baseline on record | 1.4.3 | met | 2019 baseline on record for Republic of Côte d'Ivoire: pilot-phase 645,970 t, 85%-of-2019 baseline 549,075 t (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition, 2022-10-28). | — |
| CORSIA Eligible Fuel (CEF) claims recorded in the CCR | 2.3.3.3 | gap | Zero CEF claims recorded for Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (CCR Part IV, 1st Edition, 2024 reporting year — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer). | Prepare transfer evidence for independent review → |
| Emissions Monitoring Plan (EMP) receipt & approval process | 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.3, 2.2.2.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Order-of-magnitude checks on Emissions & Cancellation Reports | 2.4.1.6, 4.4.1.6 (guidance: ETM Table 3-11, ~3h/operator) | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Offsetting-requirement calculation & operator notice | 3.2.1-3.2.6, 3.4.1-3.4.5 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Data-gap estimation backstop (CERT) | 2.5.2.1 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Error correction to reported emissions | 2.6.1-2.6.2 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Emissions-unit cancellation oversight | 4.3.2, 4.4.1.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Administrative-partnership option (delegation alternative) | 1.3.2-1.3.3 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
Value-chain gaps & solutions
Grounding: study
Côte d'Ivoire has a detailed ICAO ACT-SAF feasibility study (2023) but NO operating SAF value chain. The chain is at the planning/foundation stage. The study's backbone recommendation is a cassava-residue → ethanol → Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) pilot, with secondary FT-SPK from agricultural/municipal waste (cashew shells, cocoa pods, MSW) and HEFA from oilseeds (rubber seed, palm, jatropha), plus near-term co-processing up to 5% at the existing SIR refinery in Abidjan. The country's strongest existing asset is its mature petroleum downstream (SIR refinery, GESTOCI fuel pool/depots, FHB international airport, established into-plane providers), which means the blending and uplift infrastructure physically exists and could handle SAF with little capital — but none of it is yet moving SAF. Feedstock is abundant in principle but aggregation/supply chains for SAF are not built. The credit/MRV/registry stage is conceptual (book-and-claim recommended, CORSIA chain-of-custody noted) with no system, certification body, or auditor engaged. 2025-2026 web evidence confirms a France-funded ACT-SAF accelerator project supporting cassava/cashew feedstock analysis and integration of SAF into a national bioenergy code (targeted for end-2025), but no production facility, offtake agreement, or demonstration flight has materialized. The study explicitly states the state has no climate fund, no carbon market, no SAF tax incentives, and no SAF policy/blending mandate.
| Stage | Status | Missing roles |
|---|---|---|
| feedstock | open gapplanned | SAF-dedicated feedstock aggregator / collection logistics operator, Off-take/trading entity for residues, Sustainability/land-use screening body for feedstock eligibility |
| conversion | open gapplanned | Technology licensor / process provider for ATJ, FT, or HEFA (none named), EPC contractor / plant developer, Equity investor or project-finance lender for facility construction, Operator of the standalone SAF plant |
| blending | readypresent | Dedicated SAF blending operator / certified blend recertification (ASTM D1655) workflow owner, Mass-balance / chain-of-custody system at the blending point |
| uplift flight | readypresent | SAF offtaker / signed offtake or forward-purchase agreement, Demonstration flight sponsor/organizer, Into-plane SAF segregation / claim-issuance handler |
| credit | partialpartial | Certification body / scheme (RSB, ISCC) engaged for Ivorian pathways, CORSIA Sustainability Certification Scheme verifier / auditor, Book-and-claim registry operator, MRV system / methodology owner, Carbon credit / SAFc issuance and tracking platform |
Carbon-intensity lookupwe produce it
The ICAO default lifecycle CI for a feedstock/pathway — or an honest 'no default, escalate'.
Feedstock recognition checkwe produce it
Whether a feedstock is ICAO-recognized, its waste/residue basis, and the standing conditions.
Sustainability criteria referencewe produce it
The CORSIA sustainability themes relevant to a question.
Find / aggregate a producerwe draft it
Candidate suppliers/aggregators and the missing links to reach refinery-gate volume.
Approval & Permitting Navigatorwe produce it
A SAF project approval-pathway map (site control → airport acceptance) + RACI + indicative docs.
Feedstock Mobilization Plannerwe draft it
A collection→refinery-gate mobilization plan + residue/food-security/traceability safeguards.
Price-Gap Calculatorwe draft it
The SAF cost-gap framework (four levers) + raw-gap arithmetic on user-supplied sourced figures.
Match a financierwe draft it
A shortlist of relevant funders/instruments for a project at this stage.
Capital-Stack Matchmakerwe draft it
A layered financing stack by value-chain segment (instrument menu + stack template).
CORSIA eligibility checkwe produce it
Pass / marginal / fail verdict against the ICAO ≥10% reduction criterion.
Draft a sustainability declarationwe draft it
A pre-filled, CADO-ready declaration draft handed to the existing form for finalization.
Sources
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part I: List of Verification Bodies Accredited in States, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part II: Total CO2 Emissions for 2019 Aggregated for all Aeroplane Operators on each State Pair, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part III: Total Annual CO2 Emissions and Information for Aeroplane Operators, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part IV: Information on CORSIA Eligible Fuels (CEF) Claimed, 1st Edition (2025-10-01)
- CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
- ICAO ACT-SAF Feasibility Study on the Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in Côte d'Ivoire, 2023
- https://www.icao.int/ACT-SAF (ICAO ACT-SAF programme — France-funded CIV accelerator: cassava/cashew feedstock analysis + national bioenergy code SAF integration)
- https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/domains/environment/eaer/international-cooperation/main-areas-collaboration/saf-development (EU/EASA SAF support including CIV feasibility study)
- https://airspace-africa.com/2025/12/02/afraa-and-afrisaf-sign-landmark-mou-to-accelerate-sustainable-aviation-fuel-production-across-africa/ (AFRAA-AfriSAF MOU and Africa SAF investment prospectus, Dec 2025 — regional context)
- https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/environmental-protection/Documents/ACT-SAF/Newsletter/2025-02-ACT-SAF-Newsletter_Feb-2025_final.pdf (ACT-SAF projects newsletter, Feb 2025)
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_ivoirienne_de_raffinage (SIR shareholder structure, product slate)
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestoci (GESTOCI shareholder structure)
- https://www.proparco.fr/en/projects/biovea-africas-first-biomass-power-plant-grid-injection (Biovea/Ayébo biomass plant)
- https://www.bioenergie-promotion.fr/109962/la-centrale-biomasse-biovea-enfin-raccordee-au-reseau-electrique-de-la-cote-divoire/ (Biovea grid connection, Oct 2025)
- https://climatefundmanagers.com/2025/06/03/climate-fund-managers-cfm-and-societe-des-energies-nouvelles-soden-sign-agreement-to-develop-worlds-first-cocoa-waste-to-energy-plant-in-cote-divoire/ (Divo cocoa-biomass project)
- https://www.anader.ci/projet-de-transformation-de-la-graine-dhevea-en-biocarburant-lanader-sur-la-bonne-voie/ (ANADER rubber-seed biodiesel pilot)
- https://www.aip.ci/229823/ (Aug 2025 SAF/CORSIA capacity workshop, ANAC/DGH/OACI)
- https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/environmental-protection/State_Action_Plans/Cote-d-Ivoire-State-Action-Plan-2025.pdf (Côte d'Ivoire ICAO State Action Plan, 15 Sep 2025)
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire · advisory readiness summary built from public, dated ICAO sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification. Advisory readiness summary built from public, dated sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification.