Economic and Policy Analysis of Climate Change

The Economic and Policy Analysis of Climate Change (EPIC) programme of the FAO Agrifood Economics Division (ESA), supports countries in evidence-based policy making through sound economic and policy analysis to reform policies, institutions and investments on climate change, in connection with agricultural development and food security.  

The programme aims to strengthen sustainable agricultural systems through better policies and sound analysis of the costs, tradeoffs, adoption barriers and benefits, as well as the impacts of climate change on agriculture.

Latest news

The new version of the Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for Value Chains (EX-ACT VC) version 3.5 is now available online
News - 26.05.2023

 

What’s new?

  • Enhanced user friendliness
  • Increased flexibility in value chain mapping
  • Simplified tool structure
  • Improved organization of results

What is EX-ACT VC:

EX-ACT VC is a quantitative multi-appraisal tool developed to evaluate the sustainability of agrifood VC simultaneously along a range of environmental, economic, and social indicators. It aims to [...]

The EX-ACT suite of tools is composed of three appraisal systems developed by FAO to provide estimates of the impact of AFOLU-related activities on climate change, biodiversity and societies.

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Latest resources

Working papers

Leveraging COVID-19 recovery strategies to build climate-smart agrifood systems in developing countries

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized the stability of agrifood systems and the welfare of the rural households that are actively engaged in the different components of these systems, particularly in developing countries. Efforts are underway to redress the negative [...]

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