Publications and media
2050 Facility
Low-carbon, resilient development, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, is inconceivable unless we design long-term trajectories for an economic, social, technological and institutional...
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Dona Mena and sustainable cashew farming in Mozambique
Dona Mena is a cashew producer in the Gilé reserve in Mozambique. AFD is funding a project there which aims to contribute to strengthening the cashew nut sector in order to allow a sustainable improve...
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Data opportunities and challenges for calculating a global Strong Environmental Sustainability (SES) index
The Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework sets the basis to measure countries’ environmental sustainability performance, based on standards meant to represent the situation at which natur...
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Dr. Thu Zar Myint Than and the knowledge for better disease control in Myanmar
The ECOMORE II project, coordinated by the Institut Pasteur and funded by the AFD, is investigating changes in the environment and in the human activities behind the emergence of infectious diseases i...
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Ko Naing Oo and a life in harmony with dolphins in Myanmar
The Irrawaddy dolphin has seen its population plummet by half in the last 60 years. This species is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The objective of this project,...
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Ouvea, paradise under threat
Ouvea is listed as World Heritage by UNESCO and is one of the largest Pacific atolls (54 km long, 132 km²). It has a population of 3,400. The island is particularly vulnerable to climate hazards and g...
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Climate - 2019 Activity Report
The effects of climate change are putting people and ecosystems in peril, especially in the developing countries most vulnerable to climate change. To limit the increase in global temperatures by the...
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2019 State of Climate Services Report - Speakers' presentations
This 2019 State of Climate Services Report, presented by the World Meteorological Organization focuses on agriculture and food security. It reviews countries’ priorities on climate services for ada...
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How can water resources be better managed to improve farmers' resilience to climatic hazards?
The WAT4CAM (Water Resources Management and Agricultural Transition for Cambodia) project supports the Royal Government of Cambodia to rehabilitate and modernize 7-13 medium irrigation schemes and 20-...
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Promoting equitable development of the cashew nut sector in Mozambique
The project aims to contribute to the strengthening of the cashew nut sector in order to allow a sustainable improvement of farmers' incomes while preserving natural resources. ©AFD2020
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Why and How Should Development Banks Take Physical Climate Risks into Account?
The physical risks resulting from climate change are those related to the direct impact of both more extreme and frequent weather or climate events and gradual changes in climate patterns. As far as b...
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Evaluation Summary - Financial and Technical Support to BDMG for the Development of its Activity with the Mina...
In Brazil, in the climate sector, the project "Providing financial and technical support to BDMG for the development of its activity with the Minas Gerais State (EMG) municipalities, in the areas of s...
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Gilé National Reserve : Source of life in Mozambique
Like many other Protected Areas in the country, the Gilé National Reserve has suffered greatly from 25 years of conflict, war of independence and civil war. She was also very affected by the recurrent...
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FOCUS: Sustainable Cities
AFD supports cities in their low-carbon transition and adaptation to climate change. It aims to improve city dwellers’ quality of life and supports the sustainable development of territories. It helps...
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A Representation of the World Population Dynamics for Integrated Assessments Models
Using the gross world product (GWP) as the only exogenous input variable, we design a model able to accurately reproduce the global population dynamics over the period 1950–2015. For any future increa...
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Biodiversity under threath: how can we protect it?
As the Aichi 2010 targets come up for revision by the international community, the evaluation results outline potential answers to what works and does not work in the area of biodiversity protection,...
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A single indicator of strong sustainability for development: Theoretical basis and practical implementation
This Scoping Paper discusses options and approaches for design of a single indicator of strong sustainability for development, in light of current proposals for sustainability indicators generally. It...
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Using Carbon Revenues
In 2019, 42% of the aggregate carbon revenue was channeled to the general state budget, 47% was allocated to environmental or broader projects, 5% went to tax cuts and 6% to direct transfers to famili...
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Retrospective Evaluation of the Interventions in the Irrigation Sector
This evaluation was completed between August 2017 and July 2019 by the Hydroconseil-Agriate Consortium. The AFD’s Evaluation and Learning Department (EVA: Evaluation et Apprentissage) was responsible...
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AFD and the blue economy in Indonesia
The largest archipelago in the world with nearly 17,000 islands and the 6th Exclusive Economic Zone of the world (sea surface of 6 million km²), Indonesia is a country that conceives its development a...
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Getting to Net-Zero Emissions: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
Since 2017, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and AFD, in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), have been supporting the Deep Decarbon...
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