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Paris Accord: Five years of European partnership in India

Five years after the signing of the Paris Accord, three European ambassadors descended on the Indian city of Kochi, where innovative, low-carbon urban planning serves as a testament to the impact that...

France Commits to a Major Boost in Overseas Aid

The French government has charted a new, more ambitious course for its development assistance. Just before the end of the year, France pledged to increase the share of its GDP devoted to overseas aid...

Protecting Forests in Turkey: Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Protection

Turkey and France have teamed up in a large-scale collaborative effort to address the issue of forest adaptation to climate change. The initiative was launched using a public policy loan and a grant f...

A Brazilian Hackathon for Smart Cities

AFD’s “Shared Innovation” series highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. It was a hackathon with a purpose. Last month, Brazilian students and tech professiona...

World in Common: A Soundtrack

At turns somber, moving and uplifting, Thomas Roussel’s composition for AFD has launched a new year whose spirit we hope will prove to be more “in common” than ever before, one in which we move toward...

A Kit to Simulate International Negotiations on Biodiversity at School

International debates and negotiations over environmental issues can often seem a world away from real life. How to encourage young people to engage? France’s Ministry of Education, the French Office...

€1 Billion for Biodiversity

In a bold move, AFD will double its financing for ecosystem protection. It was announced at the One Planet Summit in Paris on January 11: €1 billion a year will be mobilized to finance biodiversity. G...

The Little Book of Investing in Nature

It’s a small book aiming to address a big issue, with global repercussions. In partnership with AFD, the NGO Global Canopy has released a new edition of The Little Book of Investing in Nature. It high...

Supporting The MedFund and Marine Protected Areas

The Mediterranean Sea is one of the 35 biodiversity hotspots identified by the NGO Conservation International. It is home to nearly 10% of the world’s marine biodiversity on less than 1% of the ocean...

A Gender Budget to Tackle Inequality in Argentina

In 2020, the Province of Santa Fe, the third most populous in Argentina, announced that it would vote a gender-responsive budget for the year 2021 for several programs. AFD is supporting its implement...

African Economies in 2021: Reasons for Optimism

For the second year running, AFD is publishing its outlook for Africa. Despite Covid-19 and the global economic crisis, some indicators look very robust indeed. In short, there are plenty of reasons f...

"MobiliseYourCity": Climate financing for sustainable urban mobility in South Asia

AFD’s “Shared Innovation” series highlights innovative programs created or developed in our partner countries. The transportation sector accounts for 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet rec...

A Dramatic Drop in Fertility Across Africa

In “AFD’s Atlas of Africa”, we examine the social and economic developments across the continent. Today we take a closer look at the changes in fertility in Africa, where the number of children per wo...

AFD’s 2021 funding program set at EUR 9bn

AFD’s board of directors approved on January 28th the 2021 funding program, setting the target at EUR 9 billion.

AFD Atlas Africa: High concentrations of extreme poverty

In “AFD’s Atlas of Africa” published in 2020, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) examines a number of social, economic and developmental issues at play on the continent. Jean-David Naudet, AFD ec...

AFD-GDN “Biodiversity and Development” award: A Call for Projects