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title: Residual Emissions
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## Definition

**Residual Emissions means \[a party’s\] [GHG Emissions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/greenhouse-gas-emissions/) \[from all operations including its value chain\] that are emitted after all reasonable efforts have been made to reduce them.**

**Residual Emissions** are any [GHG Emissions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/greenhouse-gas-emissions/) which remain after a project or organisation has implemented all technically and economically feasible opportunities, as determined by a [Climate Professional](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/climate-professional/) as part of a [Carbon Footprint](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/carbon-footprint/) assessment, to reduce emissions in all scopes and from all sources.