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Biodiversity and financial instability with Julien Calas
The collapse of biodiversity threatens the financial system because there are two types of crisis: the physical crisis and the transition crisis. Whatever the type of crisis, if the problem becomes wi...
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Global Biodiversity Scenarios
Policy Paper 12 : Global Biodiversity Scenarios - Mandarin Version This paper aims to review and compare existing global and quantitative biodiversity scenarios that could help to build a forward-...
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Socioeconomic and spatially-explicit assessment of Nature-related risks: the case of South Africa
This study introduces new methods for evaluating nature-related socioeconomic risks in the South African context, anchored on two main contributions. Firstly, it embarks on a multidimensional analysis...
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Comparative analysis of biodiversity measurement approaches for public development banks
This study provides a comparative analysis of biodiversity measurement tools for Public Development Banks (PDBs). The aim is to evaluate the accessibility and the added value of six predefined biodive...
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How can nature support resilience planning and climate action in cities?
This policy brief provides feedback on a new rapid approach to identifying (i) climate and natural risks, (ii) potential nature-based solutions (NbS) to address those risks, and (iii) strategies to im...
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Assessing economic exposure to nature-related risks
The accelerated degradation of biodiversity exposes economic and financial activities to systemic risks comparable to those associated with climate change. We propose a method for assessing the socio-...
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Evaluation of the AFD “Protected Area” conservation and development intervention contributions (2000-2017). Sy...
Since 2000, the AFD and the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) have committed financial agreements in direct support to the establishment and management of protected areas (PA). One of the obje...
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Evaluations Report 2017-2018
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group funds, supports and accelerates the transition to a fairer and more sustainable world. Focusing on climate, biodiversity, peace, education, urban deve...
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Evaluation of the Second Objective of the Biodiversity Cross-cutting Intervention Framework (2013–2017)
The Agence française de développement (AFD) has entrusted the evaluation of the second objective of the Biodiversity Cross-cutting Intervention Framework to EY in partnership with Biotope. The Cross-c...
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Defining standards of good ecological condition for computing the ESGAP in developing countries
This report seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of an "all-country" ESGAP (Environmental Sustainability Gap), the implementation of the framework and the calculation of ESGAP parameters for as many c...
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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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Development Practices: Building New Equilibriums within the Commons-State-Market System
For ten years (1998 – 2008), the Cambodian government rehabilitated the Prey Nup polders, a 90 km of earth dikes system protecting 10,500 hectares of rice paddies from seawater intrusion. This French...
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How to Finance the Protection of Biodiversity?
About $143 billion will be invested in the protection of biodiversity in 2020. However, three times as much is required to halt the destruction of ecosystems, and preserve the benefits and services th...
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Incorporating biodiversity into development trajectories
In recent seminal studies for France and the Netherlands, biodiversity has been proven a significant source of financial vulnerability, both in terms of potential physical impacts, dependence to ecosy...
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Global biodiversity scenarios: what do they tell us for biodiversity-related socioeconomic impacts?
This paper aims to review and compare existing global and quantitative biodiversity scenarios that could help to build a forward-looking assessment of the consequences of biodiversity loss. More broa...
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The challenge of psychological well-being in Lebanon
In Lebanon, where mental health is a major public health issue, heightened by the acute economic crisis and the August 4 exposures, AFD is providing support to improve the psychological well-being of...
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Lebanon
Lebanon, a gateway to the Middle East, is experiencing an unprecedented multidimensional crisis, worsened by the recent conflict. The breakdown of public services threatens hard-won development gains...
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AFD and the Orient: supporting transitions across the continent.
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Reducing Inequalities: Insights from the EU-AFD Research Facility
In this summary, find more information about the lessons learned, tools, and partnerships developed within the framework of the EU-AFD Facility for Research on Inequalities between 2020 and 2025.
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The Extension of the EU-AFD Research Facility (2020-2025)
Launched in 2021, the second phase of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities focuses on four countries: South Africa, Mexico, Colombia and Indonesia. Funded by the European Union with €3 million...
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