EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT)
The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) is an appraisal system developed by FAO providing estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects, programmes and policies on the carbon-balance. The carbon-balance is defined as the net balance from all greenhouse gases (GHGs) expres...
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68692 |
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| author | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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| description | The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) is an appraisal system developed by FAO providing estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects, programmes and policies on the carbon-balance. The carbon-balance is defined as the net balance from all greenhouse gases (GHGs) expressed in CO2 equivalent that were emitted or sequestered due to project implementation as compared to a business-as-usual scenario.
EX-ACT is a land-based accounting system, estimating C stock changes (i.e. emissions or sinks of CO2) as well as GHG emissions per unit of land, expressed in equivalent tonnes of CO2 per hectare and year. The tool helps project designers to estimate and prioritize project activities with high benefits in economic and climate change mitigation terms. The amount of GHG mitigation may also be used as part of economic analyses as well as for the application for additional project funds.
EX-ACT can be applied on a wide range of development projects from all AFOLU sub-sectors, including besides others projects on climate change mitigation, sustainable land management, watershed development, production intensification, food security, livestock, forest management or land use change. Further, it is cost effective, requires a compared small amount of data, and has resources (tables, maps) which can help finding the required information. While EX-ACT is mostly used at project level it may easily be up-scaled to the programme/sector level and can also be used for policy analysis. |
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| spelling | CGSpace686922024-07-29T19:31:00Z EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations climate change agriculture food security The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) is an appraisal system developed by FAO providing estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects, programmes and policies on the carbon-balance. The carbon-balance is defined as the net balance from all greenhouse gases (GHGs) expressed in CO2 equivalent that were emitted or sequestered due to project implementation as compared to a business-as-usual scenario. EX-ACT is a land-based accounting system, estimating C stock changes (i.e. emissions or sinks of CO2) as well as GHG emissions per unit of land, expressed in equivalent tonnes of CO2 per hectare and year. The tool helps project designers to estimate and prioritize project activities with high benefits in economic and climate change mitigation terms. The amount of GHG mitigation may also be used as part of economic analyses as well as for the application for additional project funds. EX-ACT can be applied on a wide range of development projects from all AFOLU sub-sectors, including besides others projects on climate change mitigation, sustainable land management, watershed development, production intensification, food security, livestock, forest management or land use change. Further, it is cost effective, requires a compared small amount of data, and has resources (tables, maps) which can help finding the required information. While EX-ACT is mostly used at project level it may easily be up-scaled to the programme/sector level and can also be used for policy analysis. 2015 2015-10-27T14:22:44Z 2015-10-27T14:22:44Z Software https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68692 en es fr pt Open Access FAO. 2015. EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT). Rome, Italy: FAO. (http://www.fao.org/tc/exact/ex-act-home/en) |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT) |
| title | EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT) |
| title_full | EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT) |
| title_fullStr | EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT) |
| title_full_unstemmed | EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT) |
| title_short | EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT) |
| title_sort | ex ante carbon balance tool ex act |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68692 |
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