Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative

Discover new Opportunities with

the Ex-Ante Carbon Balance Tool

A Climate Change Tool on

Agriculture and Forestry

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Agenda

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Objectives of the seminar

• Present the tool and spread the usage of the tool

• Assess the needs/demand related to CC mitigation for

further development of the tool

• Building partnerships

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Today’s seminar

Impact on the Climate,

the Environment, Bio-

diversity, Socially, Water,

Fauna & Flora…

CSR,

Sustainability

and Strategy

• Decreased risks

• Brand value

• Increased credibility

• Communication

• ID gaps

• “Improve what needs

to be improved”

“External

projects”

“Internal

projects”

Agriculture

Forestry

Land Use

Climate

Change

Mitigation +

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Benchmark analysis

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation in

the Agricultural & Forestry Sector

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Agenda

• Main development topics presently

• Exercise: What are the gaps/needs?

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Main development topics presently

Scientific proof for

communication, e.g.

Climate labeling

increased consumer

awareness

Climate Smart

Agriculture

Land Use, e.g.

Sustainable Land

and Forest

Management

Food Security

CC

mitigation/adaptation in

Agriculture and Forestry

INTERNATIONALLY

NATIONALLY (Sweden)

Impacts of the CAP

in Sweden Sustainable Forestry Life Cycle Analysis,

Carbon Footprint

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Main development topics presently Level of focus Focus areas

Nationally

LRF (Swedish Farmers

Federation)

Swedish farmers working on solutions for CC

Climate labeling of food

“Mat & Klimat” Website for farmers and consumers

Jordbruksverket (Swedish

Board of Agriculture)

Agricultural policies, the environment and CC (linked to the CAP)

Assessed the environmental impacts of the CAP 1991-2009

Biogas

Naturvårdsverket (Swedish

Env. Protection agency)

Developing “Climatools”

A varied agricultural landscape – together with Jordbruksverket

Nordic Family Forestry “Sustainable timber to tackle CC” – sustainable forest management, Nordic

countries

SLU (The Swedish University

of Agricultural Sciences)

Future Agriculture – Created 5 scenario's on the evolvement of agriculture and

Land Use (LU) for 2050

Private Sector

PepsiCo PepsiCo & Sustainable Agriculture

Cool Farm Tool – LCA on Walker’s chips

Ericsson Farmer’s World Enterprise

Tetra Pak Food for Development – Value Chain project, support to dairy farmers

H&M CDM/Gold Standards Projects for clothes (rice, cotton, water management)

Scan LCA on their meat products, material and/or services

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Focus public institutions and initiatives Internationally

UNEP Renewable Energy, Food Security – Horn of Africa, Bridging the emissions gap, Forestry

and LU

EU CAP 2013

Sustainable biofuels and forest management in the EU

SIANI CC and Food Security

FAO Technical agency on: CC Adaptation/Mitigation, Food Security, Climate Smart Agriculture,

Forestry, Livestock, Nutrition, Biodiversity

World Bank Leading donor partner on: CC Adaptation/Mitigation, Food Security, Climate Smart

Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Nutrition, Biodiversity…

GEF , Complementary funding CC adaptation fund,

UNDP Capacity Building, Renewables, CC mitigation/adaptation

African

Development Bank In Africa: CC Adaptation/Mitigation, Food Security, Climate Smart Agriculture, Forestry,

Livestock, Nutrition, Biodiversity…

REDD+ Sustainable Forest Management in developing countries, avoiding deforestation

AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

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Agricultural and Forestry sector - What are the gaps/needs?

ADAPTATION

• Lack of quantitative data in developing

countries

• Increased synergies and partnerships

MITIGATION

• Lack of easy tools that measures CC

mitigation

• Certain level of incertitude from studies

that measures C sinks and C sources

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Thank you!

Questions?

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Round table discussions 1 Your work related to CC mitigation and adaptation

• What is the vision and objective with your sustainability/CSR work and/or work

related to CC mitigation and adaptation?

• In what areas are you particularly active?

• What type of projects do you have related to CC mitigation in the context of agriculture and/or

forestry?

• Is there a connection to CSR/sustainability topics?

• How do you measure your impacts?

• Which type of approach do you use, e.g. life cycle analysis?

• How do you use your results and for what purpose?

• Have you observed positive/negative outcomes from your or in general

sustainability/CSR work?

• How do you link your sustainability work to risks vs. opportunities?

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Round table discussions 2 General advantages/opportunities that the outputs of the tool could bring to your business/organization/work

• Would it be interesting to use Ex-Act in your

business/organization/work?

• If yes, what are the reasons?

• What advantages could Ex-Act bring (project formulation, communication,

economics and finance)?

• The potential added-value of Ex-Act to your

business/organization/work

• How can Ex-Act and be integrated into your sustainability/CSR work? And

in what areas?

• Can the tool act as a complement to other tools/methodologies that you’re

currently using?

• By what means would you apply the tool, e.g. external consultants, internal education…?

• Would you consider building partnerships?

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Pro’s & Con’s of the tool Pro’s Con’s

Easy and cost effective to use to get a quick estimation of the mitigation potential

Provides guidance and support in the decision-making process for policy maker and project designers

It is not applicable at MRV level, cannot be directly used to calculate carbon credits

Applicable at a project, value chain and policy level Not correctly suited for value chain analysis

Takes into account Geographic's and time Rough level of uncertainty, especially in developing countries due to lack of data

Takes into account LU and LUC and covers a large part of the agricultural and forestry activities

IPCC Methodology

Used in financial and economic analysis