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  • Energy transition and resilient cities
  • Sustainable forests and agricultural lands
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • Product life cycle, pollution and waste
  • AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
  • Aquatic ecosystems
  • Innovative financing of biodiversity
  • FOREST AND AGRICULTURAL LAND
  • Coastal and high seas management
  • POLLUTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • Innovative processes
  • Biodiversity protection and enhancement
  • Sustainable urban territories
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Women and Biodiversity: When Economic Inclusion Meets Forest Conservation in Cameroon

Tag Sustainable forests and agricultural lands Biodiversity Africa Cameroon
Nebeday rencontre PPI 20 ans
Since its creation, the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) has been supporting projects that reconcile environmental protection with reducing inequalities, ensuring the inclusion of women in economic circuits and decision-making bodies. This approach guarantees, from the earliest stages, sustainable initiatives that can scale up for both sustainable and inclusive development. The FFEM thus contributes to international efforts for gender equality and women's empowerment worldwide, goals that are enshrined in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which we celebrate this year on its 30th anniversary.
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FFEM Insights: Xavier Debade, expert in ecosystem restoration and sustainable forest management

Tag Sustainable forests and agricultural lands Biodiversity Climate change
Projet Macizo
To better understand the work of the FFEM, we invite you to meet Xavier Debade, who joined FFEM in July 2023 as a project manager focusing on forest conservation and ecosystem restoration. As the largest reservoir of terrestrial biodiversity, forests play a crucial role in climate regulation.

With his expertise, Xavier helps advance one of FFEM’s key priorities: in line with France’s international commitments, we aim to support zero-deforestation initiatives, the development of land, soil, and forest restoration models, and the production of data on the performance of agroecological, agroforestry, and forestry systems.
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World Day of Social Justice: a look back at the Union Natural project in Colombia's Pacific region

Tag Sustainable forests and agricultural lands Latin America Colombia
Photo de groupe Union Natural 2024
On the occasion of World Day of Social Justice, we would like to share one of the flagship projects supported by the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM). Since 2018, the FFEM has been supporting the socio-economic development of Colombia’s Pacific region through the Unión Natural project—an ambitious initiative that aims to preserve forest ecosystems and combat deforestation while improving the living conditions of local communities. During our teams' visit in 2024, major advances in terms of community inclusion and the resonance of the innovative model were shared.
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Small-Scale Initiatives Program : 20 years of Local Actions supported by the FFEM to help preserve African biodiversity

Tag Innovative financing of biodiversity
Groupe Nebeday photo
From February 2 to 7, the Forum celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Small Initiatives Program (PPI) marked two decades of concrete actions and exemplary commitments to the preservation of African biodiversity. Led by the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) and the French Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), this program supports African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in their efforts to preserve a unique natural heritage and promote sustainable local development across the continent.

For the past 19 years, the FFEM has been working alongside local actors: with a total co-financing of €17 million, it has supported 214 African CSOs in implementing 305 biodiversity protection projects across 28 African countries.
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World Wetlands Day: A Look Back at Biodiversity Protection in the Mediterranean Region

Tag Biodiversity Climate change AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS Eastern Europe
Alliance méditerranéenne des zones humides
Every year, World Wetlands Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of these ecosystems (marshes, wet meadows, mangroves…), which are essential for maintaining natural balance and play a significant role in reducing the impact of climate change. They serve, for example, as natural barriers against coastal erosion, storms, and floods.

In its efforts to support wetlands, the FFEM incorporates Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), which rely on the use of these ecosystems and their services to address environmental and socio-economic challenges.
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The FFEM invites discussion on carbon finance for sustainable development: recap of the roundtable on January 21

Tag Climate change Innovative financing of biodiversity Innovative processes
Table ronde sur la finance carbone du 21 janvier
On January 21 in Paris, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) organized a hybrid event to mark the publication of its capitalization work "In Focus carbon finance: a powerful tool for a sustainable future».
Bringing together nearly two hundred participants, as well as experts and project leaders in a hybrid format, this event provided an opportunity to explore the critical issues and prospects of carbon finance.
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THE FFEM SUPPORTS INNOVATION FOR A FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION

Tag Energy transition and resilient cities Sustainable urban territories Uganda
ZEMBO parking
Aware that the adoption of clean energy is an integral part of the fight against climate change, one of the priorities of the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) is to contribute to energy efficiency and a fair and sustainable transition.
On the occasion of the International Clean Energy Day, let us focus on the ZEMBO project, launched in Kampala in 2019 with the support of the FFEM, aimed at advancing Uganda’s energy transition through the transport sector.
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COMBATTING DESERTIFICATION: FFEM’s actions through concrete examples

Tag Energy transition and resilient cities Sustainable forests and agricultural lands FOREST AND AGRICULTURAL LAND Biodiversity protection and enhancement Multi-country
Troupeau de berger Sahel AVSF 2011
On the occasion of the Desertification COP taking place from December 2 to 13, let’s revisit the FFEM’s efforts to combat this threat to ecosystems and communities in arid regions. The French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) mobilizes innovative solutions through collaborative projects to preserve soils, support populations, and restore ecosystems.
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COP CLIMATE 29 : UNITING CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY FOR AN INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION

Tag Energy transition and resilient cities Sustainable forests and agricultural lands Climate change Product life cycle, pollution and waste AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS Biodiversity protection and enhancement Multi-country
Mangrove _ Indonésie
COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024, focuses on climate finance to drive ambitious climate action. The main goal is to establish a new global objective for funding climate efforts in developing countries. This includes operationalizing the Loss and Damage Fund and clarifying carbon market mechanisms to keep climate ambitions aligned with the stakes, thanks to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, equitable transitions to clean energy, and adaptation measures to mitigate the risk of losses and damages. Achieving this can only happen through the involvement of all actors, from governments to their populations.
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