Le rôle du commerce pour une adaptation résiliente au changement climatique dans l’agriculture africaine

Henri Casella and Jaime de Melo

Revue d’économie du développement, 2022, vol. 32, issue 4, 41-88

Abstract: . A functioning global trading system is a public good to become more valuable under CC. Free and unfettered access to global food (and other key) supplies must be ensured, especially for Africa. This requires a rapprochement between the trade and climate regimes. As an entry point, besides dealing with harmful subsidies (fossil fuels, fisheries), developed countries could conclude a plurilateral Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) that would be a triple win for trade, for the environment, and for African agriculture that needs tariff-free access to climate-Adaptation related EGs (AEGs). The paper documents the magnitude of tariffs on Environmental Goods. The paper concludes that African countries could improve the functioning of the continental policy architecture by several measures. First, by excluding AEGs from exclusion lists on the AfCFTA while simultaneously reducing their barriers to trade on AEGs and EPPs. Second, preserving the environment should be mainstreamed in the African trade architecture by including environmental provisions. Codes JEL : Q50, Q56, F18, F64.

Keywords: Climate change; adaptation; Africa; environmental goods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F18 F64 Q50 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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