A funding instrument of French bilateral cooperation and development Policy dedicated to environmental protection, the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) has been involved since 1994 in six areas of the global environment: biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land...

From 29 May to 2 June 2023, Paris is hosting the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), which is aiming to develop an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. This meeting, referred to as INC-2, represents a crucial step in global efforts to tackle the problem. In line with its strategy focused on circular solutions and pollution control, the FFEM is playing a key role by actively supporting innovative projects promoting a sustainable circular model that includes practical steps to reduce plastic pollution at source. Here is a recap on three of these projects.

The Annual Report 2014 emphasizes 20 years of the FFEM. Since its creation in 1994 following the Rio Earth Summit, the FFEM has proved to be a pioneer in financing development projects that have a significant and lasting impact on major global environmental issues. It has been a forerunner in...

Strengthened by its fifth four-year replenishment cycle (2011-2014) with an amount of 95 million euros, the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) started 2011, declared by the United Nations as "International Year of Forests", with a double mission: to continue playing a unique role within the...

The year 2008 was marked by mounting international recognition of “green” responses to multiple and interdependent crises.

In 2010, FFEM grant commitments amounted to 21.03 M€. A further 31.89 M€ was earmarked for projects identified but not yet launched. The FFEM continued its mission to protect the global environment, focusing as a priority on Africa and the Mediterranean and on the biodiversity and climate...

The French Facility for Global Environment/Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial (FFEM) has been working for more than 20 years to combine environmental preservation and sustainable development in developing and emerging countries. This inter-ministerial financial instrument serves the...

2015 was marked by two major events on the international scene, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and the occurrence of the COP21 in Paris, and within FFEM by the adoption of its new strategic programme for 2015-2018.

2013 was marked by the organisation of a key international event, the International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3). For the FFEM, one of the main sponsors who have supported the development of protected marine areas overseas over the past ten years, IMPAC3 provided a real opportunity to...

2009 was the 15th year of activity for the French Global Environment Facility. Since its creation, it has been supporting innovative activities in favour of the global environment that can be replicated on a larger scale and are tied in with economic and social development in the...

The WWF has just released a documentary titled “Blue Future” highlighting the strong potential for sustainable blue jobs in the Mediterranean. The documentary was produced as part of the Cogito project, supported by the FFEM.

The FFEM will be participating alongside its partners in a number of events at the Summit.

Today, forestry management faces multiple challenges in terms of adapting to climate change, biodiversity preservation and sustainable forestry exploitation. If the development plan is the primary answer for sustainable management of the forests, the countries of Central Africa face a major challenge: renewal of stocks of the species exploited. For Jean-Louis Doucet, Professor at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech and Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, researcher at Cirad, reinforcing the sustainability of exploitation as part of forestry development is essential. On World Forest Day, they tell us about their work as part of the DynAfFor and P3FAC projects, supported by the FFEM, and their resulting recommendations for better management of the Central African forests.

The green economy and sustainable development media outlet, Afrik21, looked at one of the projects recently financed by the FFEM. On 29 March, the FFEM and the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of Coastal and Marine Areas (PRCM) cemented their commitment by signing the RESILAO project to protect coastal ecosystems in West Africa, pledging €2.6 million.

Small-scale gold mining is the greatest contributing factor in environmental destruction in the Guianas, and is responsible for 37% of global mercury emissions. To protect humans and the environment against this pollutant, the FFEM is supporting the WWF France project to eliminate mercury from the gold sector in the Guianas by 2025.

Raising awareness among new generations about climate change starts at school. With the support of the FFEM, the Office for Climate Education (OCE) is pushing for primary and secondary education to address these issues. The project is being piloted in Mexico and Colombia, with the ultimate objective being its implementation worldwide.