The EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) is changing its name (but not its acronym) to Environmental eXternalities ACcounting Tool.

This tool provides users a consistent way of estimating and tracking the outcomes of agricultural interventions on GHG emissions. EX-ACT is the only GHG accounting tool to cover the entire agricultural sector including Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) inland and coastal wetlands, fisheries and aquaculture, agricultural inputs and infrastructure.

EX-ACT aims at:

• identifying the climate mitigation outcomes of agricultural interventions (projects, policies and investments) at any stage of their implementation (ex ante, during and ex post) and at any level (local, regional and national);
• supporting countries (public and private sectors) in accessing funds from international financial institutions;
• strengthening the capacities of national and international stakeholders in estimating, monitoring and evaluating progress on emissions reduction goals;
• support policy makers in integrating climate change mitigation objectives into national strategies and international commitments, such as Nationally Determined Contributions or National Adaptation Plans.

The tool is mostly based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methodology for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories.

Gradual phase-out of excel versions

Please note that with the release of the new Environmental eXternalities ACcounting Tool, the older excel versions of the EX-ACT suite will be gradually phased out. The material in this page is made available for user reference.