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Philippines
The Philippine archipelago, made up of more than 7,100 islands, faces major challenges of climatic, environmental and social vulnerabilities. AFD’s action in the Philippines focuses on the fight again...
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Water works in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province
The Mulonga water project in the Copperbelt Province was initiated to change lives of 530 000 people, by providing safe access to sanitation and drinking water. The project aims to improve living cond...
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Conference : "Human Rights and Development"
On 10 December 2021, AFD Group organized an international conference on "Human Rights and Development" that brought together 500 actors from the development community in the North and in the South....
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AFD Group 2021 results : The essentials
In 2021, AFD Group was by your side more than ever, to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. AFD Group’s 2021 results were solid, with 995 new projects financed for a total of €12.15 billion...
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AFD Group in Southern Africa
In Southern Africa, AFD Group intervenes in ten countries: Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. AFD Group supports the Southern Afri...
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Support for Civil Society Organizations - 2020 Activity Report
The year 2020 was marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused a global health, economic and social crisis. This crisis mobilized all public, private and nonprofit actors. They strengthened their dia...
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Sri Lanka
A small island state in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka has found its way back to the growth path after 30 years of civil war. The country now has to meet the challenge of sustainable develo...
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TCFD (Task-Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure) Report
The Task-Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) aims to improve corporate climate-related financial transparency. It encourages companies to disclose information on how climate-related o...
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Developing Countries’ Macroeconomic Exposure to the Low-carbon Transition
This paper aims at providing estimates of countries’ macroeconomic exposures to the low-carbon transition. We develop a method to evaluate countries’ external, fiscal and socio-economic exposure, and,...
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AFD and Namibia
Present in Namibia since 1998, AFD offers diverse financing solutions and technical assistance to support the Namibian government with its development policy. Along with its partners (government, priv...
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Urban cooling solutions
As part of its commitment to support the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, AFD Group helps cities in developing countries and in French overseas territories improve their resilience to cl...
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Climate Challenges: Making the Transition in Africa a Success
Africa has many advantages that will enable it to keep a low carbon footprint while achieving economic take-off. A just transition pathway that reconciles socioeconomic and climate imperatives is poss...
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Climate change in Viet Nam, Impacts and adaptation
On the occasion of COP26, this report is proposing an assessment of the socio-economic impacts of climate change in Viet Nam by 2050, based on the intermediary results of the GEMMES Viet Nam research...
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Including agricultural water management in the governance and sustainable development of rural territories
The sustainable development of a territory depends on the capacity of its actors to define, plan and finance actions that are part of a strategic vision promoted by a local authority and a locally leg...
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Côte d'Ivoire: Climate information for agriculture
In Côte d'Ivoire, agriculture is facing increased weather variability and a declining trend in rainfall, due to climate change. In this context, meteorological and climate information is an essential...
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AFD and Biodiversity in the Atlantic Ocean
The Caribbean is home to about 1% of the world’s biodiversity, 10% of the world’s coral reefs and a large proportion of the world’s endemic species. Caribbean countries are heavily dependent on marine...
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Assam: Forest communities lead forest conservation
In Assam, AFD is supporting the Assam Project for Forest and Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC) as it trains local communities in alternate livelihoods. Through these new trades, local residents can su...
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Baladk Festival: raising awareness about water scarcity through street art
Jordan’s capital Amman hosted, in October 2021, the 9th edition of the “Baladk Street & Urban Art Festival”, organized by Al Balad Theater. The international and local artists participating in this ye...
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Simon Brochut: "to understand the territory of Ganvié and to identifying the risks"
CICLIA is a facility funded by the European Union, SECO and AFD that supports more than 30 cities in sub-Saharan Africa in the preparation of low-carbon and resilient urban strategies and projects....
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Samuel Lefèvre about the “Urban Cooling Solutions” collection
This interview is about the work undertaken jointly by ADEME and AFD to create the “Urban Cooling Solutions” collection. This publication gathers feedback on what many cities around the world can do i...
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