{"id":5044,"date":"2026-04-03T11:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/?post_type=ressource&#038;p=5044"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:34:18","slug":"report-carbon-footprint-of-the-cash-and-voucher-assistance-cva-modality-in-acf-activities-action-against-hunger","status":"publish","type":"ressource","link":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/en\/ressource\/report-carbon-footprint-of-the-cash-and-voucher-assistance-cva-modality-in-acf-activities-action-against-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Report &#8220;Carbon footprint of the Cash and Voucher Assistance modality in ACF activities in 2023&#8221;, Action Against Hunger, January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This report presents Action Against Hunger&#8217;s analysis of the&nbsp;<strong>carbon footprint of cash transfers (CVA)<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2023. It is intended for&nbsp;<strong>NGOs, technical partners, and humanitarian actors<\/strong>&nbsp;seeking to better understand the environmental impact of cash transfer interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study aims to measure the\u00a0<strong>actual carbon footprint generated by the use of transfers<\/strong>, based on\u00a0<strong>actual household expenditures<\/strong>, and to\u00a0<strong>compare<\/strong>\u00a0these results with theoretical estimates based on\u00a0<strong>Minimum Expenditure Baskets<\/strong>\u00a0(MEB).\u00a0It reveals significant discrepancies between models and actual practices and reiterates that these emissions fall under the category of &#8220;subsistence emissions&#8221;, linked to meeting basic needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the importance of\u00a0<strong>calculation methods better adapted to local contexts<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the impossibility of directing household purchases to reduce emissions, for\u00a0<strong>ethical and humanitarian reasons<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>avenues for action to reduce the overall impact<\/strong>\u00a0of interventions, particularly through market practices, logistics, and more efficient cooking and storage solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report presents Action Against Hunger&#8217;s analysis of the&nbsp;carbon footprint of cash transfers (CVA)&nbsp;in 2023. It is intended for&nbsp;NGOs, technical partners, and humanitarian actors&nbsp;seeking to better understand the environmental impact of cash transfer interventions. The study aims to measure the\u00a0actual carbon footprint generated by the use of transfers, based on\u00a0actual household expenditures, and to\u00a0compare\u00a0these results [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","thematique":[158],"type_ressource":[164],"structure":[198],"class_list":["post-5044","ressource","type-ressource","status-publish","hentry","thematique-empreinte-carbone","type_ressource-publication","structure-action-contre-la-faim-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressource\/5044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ressource"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"thematique","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thematique?post=5044"},{"taxonomy":"type_ressource","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_ressource?post=5044"},{"taxonomy":"structure","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.environnementhumanitaire.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/structure?post=5044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}