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The FFEM publishes its new activity report 2022-2023
The French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a new strategy and increased means of action for the period 2023-2026. With an ambition to finance projects amoun...
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COP 28 kicks off in Dubai: “Bringing the world together”
Thursday 30th November marked the start of the 28th UN Conference of the Parties on climate change in Dubai - an opportunity to review FFEM-supported projects and its integrated strategy for tackling...
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« One Health » approach : Launch of a new call for project proposals
In the framework of its new 2023-2026 strategy, the FFEM is launching a call for project proposals on combating sources of pollution impacting simultaneously the health of ecosystems, wildlife, and lo...
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ACT-DDP side event at COP26
Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann spoke at this ACT-DDP side-event at COP26. The event presented the first lessons learned from this project led by Ademe and IDDRI, concerning the low-carbon transition of c...
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FFEM-supported project to combat coastal erosion in Senegal cited in Jeune Afrique
This issue of the pan-African weekly news magazine looked at solutions to combat coastal erosion in Senegal, including fencing made from typha reeds, as used in an FFEM-supported project.
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The Cocoa of Excellence project on RFI
The FFEM-supported “Cocoa of Excellence” project in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador was featured on the Spanish language programme “Escala en París” on Radio France Internationale (RFI).
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‘Underpinning action and efficiency to put impetus behind current and future projects’
In creating a position dedicated to capitalisation in September 2020, the FFEM has strengthened capitalisation as a strategic direction for the coming years. Clémentine Dardy, who holds the position,...
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New documentary on the Cogito project
The WWF has just released a documentary titled “Blue Future” highlighting the strong potential for sustainable blue jobs in the Mediterranean. The documentary was produced as part of the Cogito projec...
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“The Plast’ile project aims to have a global impact for ecosystems and populations alike”: interview with Sylv...
Supported by the SMILO NGO and signed-off by the FFEM during the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in September 2021, the goal of the Plast’ile project is to put in place sustainable management of pl...
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The FFEM at the One Ocean Summit 9 - 11 February
The FFEM will be participating alongside its partners in a number of events at the Summit.
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World Water Forum: the WaSAf project publishes its guide to freshwater ecosystems
The 9th World Water Forum has just opened in Dakar, in Senegal. The international water and water treatment community will be gathered there until 26 March. It’s an opportunity for the French Facility...
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The FoFauPopU project : a biological study reveals the impact of pollution on chimpanzees
On this World Health Day, come back to the "One Health" approach with a new study by the National Museum of Natural History. As part of the FoFauPopU project supported by the FFEM, this study evaluate...
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Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury and Jean-Louis Doucet: “The Central African forests aren’t all the same”
Today, forestry management faces multiple challenges in terms of adapting to climate change, biodiversity preservation and sustainable forestry exploitation. If the development plan is the primary ans...
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The FFEM is at the PRCM Forum in Senegal
The 10th edition of the Regional Coastal and Marine Forum (PRCM) opens today at Saly, in Senegal, bringing together the sector’s key players and decision-makers. This edition is dedicated to "The heal...
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PRCM Forum: signature of the Resilao project for the protection of the West African coastal regions
On 28 March 2022, in a side event at the 10th edition of the Regional Coast and Marine Forum, the FFEM signed a financing agreement with the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal an...
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The WEEECAM project handling electrical and electronic equipment waste featured in Le Monde
Le Monde has just published an article on the “ecological time bomb” that waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) represents in Cameroon. The article described the WEEECAM project - supp...
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Afrik21: An article on the FFEM’s latest collaboration with the PRCM
The green economy and sustainable development media outlet, Afrik21, looked at one of the projects recently financed by the FFEM. On 29 March, the FFEM and the Regional Partnership for the Conservatio...
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Cameroon: commissioning the hydroelectric plant in Mbakaou
On 14 April, the first private hydroelectric power plant under 5 MW was commissioned in the village of Mbakaou. In the presence of the Cameroonian Energy Minister and the European Union Ambassador, th...
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