Publications and media
Infographic – Our activity in favor of Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity
In 2022, €1.18 billion committed to agriculture, rural development and Biodiversity. Our commitments have grown sharply in Asia, but Africa remains a priority for AFD in this sector. Climate and ge...
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Coping with Climate Change in Africa in Numbers
Africa is particularly exposed to the impact of global warming. Average temperatures in Africa have already risen by 1.4 degrees centigrade since the pre-industrial period, as compared to + 1.1 °C...
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Evaluation of the project Strengthening Strategic Intelligence and Partnership Approaches to Prevent and Contr...
The intended aim of the Project (CZZ2266) was to improve public health programs that influence morbidity and mortality and improve resilience of populations facing climate change. The Project was c...
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Comprehensive Overview of the Agricultural Sector in Jordan
Agriculture in Jordan is a particularly constrained sector given the dry climate and the limited endowment in water resources.However, the sector is connected to several strategic issues, such as food...
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Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity - 2022 Activity Report
AFD financing in areas such as farming, livestock raising, management of forest and fishery resources, as well as ecosystem preservation adopts an integrated territorial approach that takes climate ch...
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2022 TCFD Report (Task-Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure)
The TCFD (Task-Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure), a working group on the publication of climate-related financial information, aims to improve the financial transparency of companies rega...
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Evaluations report 2023
Every year, AFD evaluates a large proportion of its operations, giving priority to those that will be most useful to political, strategic and operational decision-makers. By highlighting the key pe...
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Position paper: Improving the Integration of Agroecological Transition within Projects Financed by the AFD Gro...
For the past twenty years, the Agence Française de Développement has been committed to supporting the Agroecological Transition (AET) of agricultural systems. As knowledge and understanding of agroec...
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WWF and AFD, a technical and strategic partnership
AFD works with a diverse range of actors in the field, including French CSOs of international stature. AFD and WWF France have been partners for a long time, both through the financing of numerous pr...
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Infographic - Our climate activity in 2022
Projects to mitigate climate change, adapt to the effects of climate change and help States and territories move towards low-carbon and climate-resilient trajectories: AFD has been working for the cli...
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Low-carbon Transition and Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities: A Multidimensional Approach in Tracing Vulnerabilitie...
The transition to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy is a process of heavy restructuring of the productive network, during which sunset industries are in decline or even disappear, while sunri...
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Infographic – Our activity in favor of nature and biodiversity in 2022
Protecting biodiversity is central to all of AFD Group’s actions and is a major priority, as is the fight against climate change. To halt its decline and protect ecosystems, AFD supports the restorati...
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Nature and Biodiversity – 2022 Activity Report
In 2022, the 196 members of the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) at COP15 biodiversity. This ambitious agreement sets clear goals...
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Preliminary comparative analysis of biodiversity measurement approaches for public development banks
This report is extracted from a study to prepare a comparative analysis of six biodiversity metrics submitted to Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and De...
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Climate: all migrants tomorrow?
A growing proportion of human societies are now threatened by climate change. In 2022 alone, 32 million people, for example, had to leave their homes, most often as part of internal and temporary migr...
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Climate - 2022 Activity Report
Climate and development are two tightly bound emergencies and the fight against climate change is a priority for AFD Group. The first development bank to commit to aligning its finance with the Paris...
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Modelling economy for a sustainable future with Devrim Yilmaz
Ecological transitions are a real revolution. They can have major effects - both positive and negative – on employment, imports and exports, financial stability, or public finances. They induce a glob...
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Vulnerability of Ghana’s Coast to Relative Sea-level Rise: A Scoping Review
Coastal areas are regions of essential value that are home to a myriad of services. However, population growth and climate change along with their cascading impacts have had profound impacts on their...
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A scoping study on coastal vulnerability to relative sealevel rise in the Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea's low-lying soft coastline is highly vulnerable to coastal erosion and relative sea-level rise (rSLR). Large capital cities and core economic activities are concentrated along the c...
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A scoping review of the vulnerability of Nigeria's coastland to sea-level rise and the contribution of land su...
Nigeria’s low-lying coastal region, with its various economic activities, is vulnerable to global sea-level rise triggered by climate change. In some areas, this threat can be amplified by land subsid...
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Climate Change, Loss of Agricultural Output and the Macro-Economy: The Case of Tunisia
Using an empirical, multi-sectoral, open economy, Stock-Flow Consistent model, this paper assesses the long-term consequences of a sustained climate-induced decline in agricultural production for the...
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