The French agricultural and food system is vulnerable to climate change and is responsible for around a quarter of the country’s emissions. These sectors benefit from more than 50 billion euros of public support, but less than 10% of them contribute to the ecological transition. It is necessary to use this public support more efficiently, to meet the financing needs of the ecological transition of farmers, but also of producers of agricultural inputs and supplies, the agri-food industry, distribution and catering.
In addition to its work on certification and carbon payments for farmers, I4CE analyzes public funding and investment needs, and provides open access to data to inform the thinking of public decision-makers and stakeholders, first and foremost the agricultural sectors. The Institute brings all these actors together in its Climate Club for Agriculture and Food.
