CORSIA MRV Readiness
Burkina Faso
Generated 2026-10-28 · 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 198,820 t · 85%-of-2019 169,000 t
CCR Part II, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
2024 emissionsSubject 105,765 t · Not subject 104,002 t · Total 209,767 t
CCR Part III, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
Verification bodynone as of this edition
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)
None — zero CORSIA-attributed operators as of this edition.
- Burkina Faso has never itself submitted an annual CO2 Emissions Report to the CCR in either 2019 or 2024.
- Zero CORSIA-attributed operators as of the 10th Edition (Dec 2025) — verified absence (full-text search of the extracted document).
- Burkina Faso has the fewest total pair-rows of the 13 states in 2024 (64) — the smallest, thinnest-data state in the set, yet still a nominal CORSIA Chapter-3 participant.
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 | Burkina Faso 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 | gap | No aeroplane operator is attributed to Burkina Faso anywhere in the CORSIA 10th Edition (2025-12-19) — no operator attributed anywhere in the Edition, verified absence (full-text search), not a research gap. | — |
| Verification body accredited in-State | 1.3.7, 4.4.2.2 (ISO/IEC 17011:2017) | gap | No ICAO-accredited national CORSIA verification body as of CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19); operators must use a verification body accredited elsewhere. | See what the credit-stage record looks like → |
| State annual Emissions Report submitted to ICAO | 2.3.2.2 | gap | Burkina Faso never submitted its own report in either the 2019 or 2024 CCR reporting-status appendix; state-pair data exists only via counterpart states or ICAO gap-filling per 2.5.2.2. | See the MRV reporting helper → |
| 2019 baseline on record | 1.4.3 | met | 2019 baseline on record for Burkina Faso: pilot-phase 198,820 t, 85%-of-2019 baseline 169,000 t (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition, 2022-10-28). Data path: via counterpart states' own reports or ICAO gap-filling, not a direct submission. | — |
| CORSIA Eligible Fuel (CEF) claims recorded in the CCR | 2.3.3.3 | gap | Zero CEF claims recorded for Burkina Faso (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
Burkina Faso's SAF value chain is almost entirely upstream and aspirational. The ICAO feasibility study (fieldwork ~2017) frames the country as a feedstock producer, not a fuel producer: it explicitly states that "the nonexistence of a basic petrochemical or refining infrastructure does not seem to permit an autonomous aviation fuel production capacity," and recommends interim EXPORT of feedstock for conversion to SAF at overseas facilities. The feedstock stage is the only one with real (if troubled) actors and history: a decade of jatropha programs (Faso Biocarburant, Agritech Faso/JOil, and the sole survivor Belwet), supported by government bodies (Ministry of Energy's Renewable Energy Directorate, ANEREE) and donors (UNDP, GEF). Other candidate feedstocks include agricultural residues (sorghum, rice husks), elephant grass, MSW, animal fats, and cashew/shea nutshell oils. Downstream of feedstock the chain is effectively empty: there is no SAF conversion plant, no blending into jet fuel, no airport SAF uplift (only a suggestion that FAME biodiesel could fuel diesel ground support equipment at Ouagadougou Airport), and no SAF certification/MRV/registry/book-and-claim infrastructure. The only sustainability-finance constructs discussed are REDD+ carbon credits, mining (gold) revenue reallocation, and PPPs — none of which is an operational SAF crediting mechanism. Web research confirms no Burkina Faso-specific SAF financing exists as of 2025-2026; AfDB/SEFA engagement in-country is solar/mini-grid (Desert-to-Power, Dédougou) rather than SAF, while SAF finance for Africa remains continental and generic (EIB/EBRD/AfDB joint statement, AfDB-JGC agreement, AU Continental SAF Strategy adopted Feb 2025).
| Stage | Status | Missing roles |
|---|---|---|
| feedstock | partialpartial | Reliable feedstock aggregator with functioning market and floor pricing, Seed propagation / improved high-yield accession supplier at scale, Commercial-scale, bankable out-grower coordination with off-take certainty, Active interministerial coordination platform (CICAFIB is dormant) |
| conversion | open gapabsent | SAF conversion technology provider / licensor (FT-SPK, HEFA, ATJ), Refinery or biorefinery operator, Petrochemical / hydroprocessing infrastructure, Project developer with balance sheet to finance a conversion plant, Technology-transfer partner for T1 (feedstock processing) and T2 (advanced fuel refining) |
| blending | open gapabsent | Neat-SAF-to-jet blending facility / depot operator (JIG-compliant), Fuel terminal capable of certified ASTM D7566 blending, Quality-assurance / batch-certification capacity for blended jet fuel, Confirmed current into-plane aviation-fuel operator at Ouagadougou following the Sep-Dec 2025 TotalEnergies→Barka Energies ownership transition |
| uplift flight | open gapabsent | Airline off-taker / creditworthy SAF purchaser (e.g., Air Burkina or international carrier), Bankable long-term off-take agreement counterparty, Airport into-plane / hydrant SAF handling capability, Demonstration-flight sponsor/partner |
| credit | open gapabsent | SAF sustainability certification body (RSB / ISCC) recognition and on-the-ground certification, MRV system for SAF / CORSIA-eligible fuel accounting, SAF or book-and-claim registry, Carbon-credit methodology and verification specifically for SAF/feedstock value chains, CORSIA-eligibility determination capacity for BFA feedstocks |
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).
Generate a chain-of-custody templatewe produce it
A CoC document scaffold aligned to ASTM D7566 + CORSIA traceability requirements.
Fuel-Spec & Airport-Acceptance workflowwe draft it
The D7566→D1655 transition + airport-acceptance checklist (docs, EI/JIG QC, storage, uplift).
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 Feasibility Study on the Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in Burkina Faso
- https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/sp-files/environmental-protection/Documents/FeasabilityStudy_BurkinaFaso_Report-Web.pdf
- https://www.eib.org/en/press/news/joint-statement-of-the-eib-ebrd-and-afdb-on-financing-the-development-production-and-deployment-of-sustainable-aviation-fuel-saf-and-other-aviation-cleaner-energies-in-africa
- https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/african-development-bank-and-jgc-corporation-sign-agreement-advance-use-sustainable-aviation-fuel-and-africas-green-aviation-agenda-87389
- https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/african-development-bank-groups-sustainable-energy-fund-africa-approves-eu6-million-desert-power-burkina-faso-solar-project-74432
- https://www.afdb.org/en/topics-and-sectors/initiatives-partnerships/sustainable-energy-fund-for-africa
- https://africanpilot.africa/fueling-africas-flight-a-techno-economic-assessment-of-sustainable-aviation-fuels-in-africa/
- https://www.wakatsera.com/burkina-totalenergies-devient-barka-energies/
- https://www.financialafrik.com/2026/04/16/coton-burkina-faso-la-sofitex-nationalisee-sur-fond-de-crise/
- https://leconomistedufaso.com/2025/12/22/nationalisation-de-la-sn-citec-finie-la-bataille-de-la-graine-de-coton/
- https://www.sonabhy.bf/
- https://www.icao.int/environment-protection/CORSIA/Pages/state-pairs.aspx
- https://apanews.net/air-burkina-officially-becomes-a-fully-state-owned-company/
- https://burkinayawana.com/2026/03/29/donsin-le-nouvel-aeroport-aux-portes-du-decollage/
Burkina Faso · 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.