
Climate


- Activity that's "100% Paris Agreement"
- Increasing the volume of climate financing
- Redirecting financial and investment flows
- Co-developing solutions and having an impact on standards
- The role of national development banks in climate action
Activity that's "100% Paris Agreement"
Increasing the volume of climate financing
Redirecting financial and investment flows
Co-developing solutions and having an impact on standards
The role of national development banks in climate action
Droughts, flooding, rising sea level, cyclones, etc.… Global warming is making itself increasingly felt on our planet. Its effects are very visible in the developing countries, which are also the most vulnerable ones. Global warming thus has serious consequences for humankind and the environment.
For AFD Group, the conclusions are clear: sustainable development and fighting poverty cannot be dissociated from fighting global warming and protecting the environment and biodiversity.
That’s why for more than 10 years we have been committed to the climate, by interconnecting our actions among three themes: mitigation of climate change (i.e. limiting greenhouse gases); adaptation to the impacts of climate change (i.e. reducing the exposure and vulnerability of people and territories to climate events); and support to States, communities and territories in the setting up of development trajectories that are low-carbon and resilient to climate change.
Climate at the heart of the development of African cities
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To carry this out, we have a wide range of financial tools, such as loans, budgetary aid, guarantees, investments in capital or in grants, and technical assistance). We also mobilize resources from European and international sources such as the Green Climate Fund. Finally, we enhance our climate efforts by striving for project co-financing with other French and international donors.
And, just recently, we strengthened our climate ambitions, having set a big objective within our new climate strategy adopted in November 2017: that of becoming a development bank “100% compatible with the Paris Agreement”.
With 33.3 billion euros of financing approved for the climate since 2017 and 6.9 billion euros in 2022 in developing countries and the French overseas, AFD Group is one of the main international donors providing climate financing.
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