Our strategic priorities

To finance operations that reconcile the protection of the global environment and economic growth in the countries where it operates, FFEM has historically focused its operations on the fields of climate, biodiversity, international waters, land degradation, chemical pollutants and the stratospheric ozone layer.

For 2019-2022, the FFEM is focusing its action on five priority themes that build on previous FFEM strategies, while at the same time identifying new potentials for innovation:

- Protection and enhancement of biodiversity
- Sustainable forests and agricultural lands
- Resilience of aquatic ecosystems
- Energy transition and resilient cities
- Product life cycle, pollution, and wastes

Furthermore, for any given theme, the FFEM gives careful consideration to innovation channels such as:

- Digital technologies
- Nature-based solutions
- Frugal innovation
- The “One Health” approach

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Aerial view of waterfront village in Uganda
©Jjumba Martin
  • PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY
  • RESILIENCE OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
  • SUSTAINABLE FORESTS AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS
  • ENERGY TRANSITION AND RESILIENT CITIES
  • PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE, POLLUTION, AND WASTE
Landscape in Congo - PPI
© UICN Thomas Bacha

PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY

FFEM’s action aims to: 

  • Make systems of ecologically efficient protected areas sustainable
  • Give structure to value chains derived from biodiversity 
  • Enhance the recognition of pilot territories with "hight biodiversity ambitions"
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mangroves
J. Etienne, FFEM

RESILIENCE OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

The FFEM finances operations that contribute to:

  • The preservation and governance of high seas 
  • The resilience of coastal areas and small island territories 
  • The resilience of wetlands and transborder basins 
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CIV-AGR-Nursery
FFEM, Didier Simon

SUSTAINABLE FORESTS AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS

The FFEM focuses on several issues: 

  • Concerted management of rural territories 
  • Envrionmental performance of agricultural and forest value chains 
  • Fight against deforestation
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MYC Project
Rajeev Malag

ENERGY TRANSITION AND RESILIENT CITIES

The FFEM takes action to address the following challenges: 

  • Adaptation of cities to climate change and to natural risks
  • Low-carbon energy efficiency 
  • New technologies for energy system management
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Cycle de vie des produits, pollutions, déchets
Ezra Acayan

PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE, POLLUTION, AND WASTE

The FFEM supports actions that tackle the issues of:

  • Sutainable consumption and production
  • Chemical pollutants 
  • Hazardous and plastic wastes
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