Projects by topic area

Biodiversity is historically the FGEF’s foremost topic area. As of 31/12/2010, over 50% of its resources had been allocated to biodiversity, with a total of 228.8 M€ committed to a portfolio of 109 projects.

The FGEF encourages mitigation projects that reduce or limit non-renewable fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions. Since 2005, the FGEF has also supported projects designed to strengthen adaptation capacities in developing countries in the areas of monitoring, knowledge acquisition and resilience.
As of 31/12/2010, FGEF financing commitments for climate change action amounted to 65.1 M€ in grants for 53 projects.
 

The FGEF acts as a catalyser for sustainable management of international waters. The projects it finances are designed to support partnerships between local and international stakeholders with a concern for these resources and their preservation.
As of 31/12/2010, 32.6 M€ in FGEF grants have been allocated to 30 projects for the protection of international waters.

A 20.9 M€ FGEF grant has helped to promote integrated and sustainable land use management to build resilience in ecosystems on land and help prevent pollution of soils and subsoils.

On 17 September 2009, observations showed that the ozone “hole” had spread over 24 million km2, which is 44 times the area of mainland France. The largest ozone “hole” was observed on 24 September 2006, when the depleted area, with concentrations of just 85 DU (Dobson Units, which measure the quantity of ozone over a fixed point in the atmosphere) was measured at 27.4 million km2.

The FGEF secretariat launched 105 “ozone layer” projects from 1994 to the end of 2009. About twenty projects are under way at present.