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Advancing the role of forest products in carbon sequestration

Sylvain Lhôte

Koli Forum, Brussels, 03 December 2018

• 500 companies in 18 countries
• 23% of the World paper production
• €75 billion of annual turn-over
• 180,000 direct jobs
• 1.5 millions people across our

value-chain

Representing the European forest fibre and paper industry

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About CEPI

Enhancing industry sustainable growth and innovations in Europe

CEPI mission and vision

2011

Long-term vision

2013

Technology mapping

2015

Bio-based innovation

2017

Investment roadmap

V.C.CO2 p = -111 MT + 49 MT - 66 MT

(pulp & paper industry value chain CO2 flow profile)

What you will remember from today’s presentation…

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Presentation key point

The EU forest-based industries today keeps in the loop >220 MT of biogenic carbon

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Estimated biogenic carbon flow in the Forest-based industry – Pöyry, 2018

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Captured Released Stored Harvested

Brought in perspective, we provide today the most cost-effective “CCS” option

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Comparison of Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS) options Based on Pöyry 2018 CCS Forest plantation

• CO2 removal cost range

80-250€/T 10-20€/T

• Requirements

Energy Storage capacity Clustered infrastructure Sustainable Forest Management

• Economic s

Based on CO2 negative cost (or CCU?) Based on positive value (chain added-value and wood income)

Moving forward, the potential to use C02 exist but remains limited…

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Example of CCU options in the pulp and paper industry - Pöyry 2018

• Further benefits for society could come from BECCS i.e. CCS applied to

Bioenergy in the paper industry or BE Carbon Capture and Use

• A technically feasible option, however:
• Investment costs vs. value-added for the operator?
• Economic viability within changing energy market?

(e.g. cost of green electricity vs. cost of biomass for bioenergy vs. CCS energy requirements)

• Responsibility and liabilities for building and operating CO2 transport and

storage infrastructures (leaks and use)?

• Negative emissions are incompatible with ETS: how to set benchmarks and

allocations?

• Offsetting someone else’s emissions? What trade-offs and gains?

…while BECCS and CCU raise fundamental questions

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Emerging discussion points on BECCS and Use

Advancing a low-carbon circular bioeconomy can already step-change industry’s contribution

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Pulp and paper industry profile and priorities – CEPI 2018

• Reducing our own emissions
• 2015 emissions profile +49 MT Greenhouse gases (direct, indirect and transport)
• 2050 vision +12 MT
• Advancing our products circularity
• 2017 recycling level = 72% of all paper-based products
• Increased collection and recycling (incl. number of loops) of fibres based products
• Mobilising sustainable forest resources
• EU sourcing of pulp wood >88% domestic
• 93% of owned and managed forests under SFM certification schemes
• Scaling-up bioeconomy developments
• Valorisation of side streams (lignin, hemicellulose, waste water) and biorefining
• Substitution of fossil-based carbon intensive products
• Demonstrating our contribution and product carbon loop
• Land use models and product environment profile from the tree to the recycled paper

Thank you for your attention

s.lhote@cepi.org www.cepi.org

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