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An international initiative for energy efficiency in building
The building sector accounts for a third of global energy consumption. The FFEM is taking part in an international initiative to provide appropriate, coordinated and systematic funding tools in around...
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WEEECAM: Building a pioneering treatment system for electrical and electronic waste in Africa
Classified as “hazardous” by the Basel Convention, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) represents a major ecological and health issue. In Africa, the lack of infrastructure and collection...
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Transforming urban mobility in the South
Encouraging the implementation of sustainable low-carbon urban mobility policies in emerging and developing countries through an integrated multimodal planning approach at city level and through a sec...
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ZEMBO : Solar-powered motorcycle taxis to help promote energy transition in Ouganda
Taking advantage of lower-cost solar energy and electric batteries, together with booming mobile payment in Africa, the Zembo project hires out and sells e-bikes that can be recharged through a networ...
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Starting a public-private dialogue to deliver on the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement objective – keeping the increase in global warming well below +2°C – cannot be achieved without the effective coordination of all concerned. The FFEM is supporting the ACT-DDP proj...
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Innovating for the sustainable management of plastic waste on the Kerkennah Islands in Tunisia
Plastic waste represents an increasingly significant and difficult problem for the world. To assist the island pilot site of Kerkennah in setting up sustainable waste management, the FFEM is supportin...
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An innovative sustainable electricity network in rural areas in Madagascar
The lack of an effective energy service in Madagascar means that most inhabitants have no access to electricity. Seeking to remedy the economic, social and environmental consequences, the Nanoé projec...
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Promoting sustainable housing to improve equitable access to social housing
With burgeoning demographic growth, Senegal has a shortage of homes for the most vulnerable households. The PHARD project – supported by the FFEM – aims to facilitate their access to affordable, resil...
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS IN MOROCCO
The publication, produced by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) in association with the FFEM and its Moroccan counterpart, AMEE, report on the progress made with regard to the...
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Typha for Fuel and Construction in West Africa – Senegal and Mauritania (TYCCAO)
Senegal and Mauritania, like most Sub-Saharan African countries, face two critical challenges: the need for energy to support development, and climate change, to which they are particularly vulnerable...
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COMBO: Compensating damage to ecosystems and biodiversity
Promoting investments in Madagascar, Guinea, Mozambique and Uganda with no net loss of biodiversity, while generating additional financing for conservation.
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The Global Forest Transition as a Human Affair
Forests across the world stand at a crossroads where climate and land-use changes are shaping their future. Despite demonstrations of political will and global efforts, forest loss, fragmentation, and...
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An international approach to sustainable management and biodiversity protection of small islands
Encouraging, supporting and enhancing approaches to the protection and sustainable management of natural resources on small islands of less than 150 km², through the creation of a platform for good pr...
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The 5th small-scale initiatives program (PPI 5)
Building on four previous phases, PPI5 supports African Civil Society Organizations by both funding small, concrete field projects focused on biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation—pr...
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Uniting knowledge, people and actions: the vision promoted by FFEM at the 2025 IUCN Congress
The IUCN World Conservation Congress is being held from 9 to 15 October 2025 in Abu Dhabi. Flagship moment for biodiversity and sustainable development, it brings together governments, NGOs, indigenou...
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Ecological compensation to reconcile development and biodiversity
Arguably, some of the environmental impacts of the extractive industries and major development works are irreducible. In these cases, ecological compensation may be used to reconcile economic developm...
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Signature of the COMBO+ project to halt net loss of biodiversity in six African and Asian countries
As from 2021, the NGO WCS will be financed and supported by FFEM and AFD during the COMBO+ project. Following on from the COMBO project, which FFEM supported from 2015 to 2019, and its remarkable impa...
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End of project in the Philippines: concrete but sometimes mixed results
From November 2015 to June 2022, the FFEM supported the implementation of the project “Building Coastal Resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in Small Island...
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Events on mangroves
The next International Mangrove Conference (MMM6) will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from July 24 to 28, 2023. The International Workshop of the Tropical Restoration Network (TRN) will take place...
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