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Starting a public-private dialogue to deliver on the Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement objective – keeping the increase in global warming well below +2°C – cannot be achieved without the effective coordination of all concerned. The FFEM is supporting the ACT-DDP proj...

Innovation at the heart of solutions to reconcile forest and humanity

First reservoir of terrestrial biodiversity, forests are, along with land, a formidable lever for climate regulation. Deforestation from agriculture causes nearly a quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse...

“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...

Feedback from the “Biodiversity modelling and scenarios” programme

Results from the “Biodiversity modelling and scenarios” programme, set up by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) and backed by the FFEM, were shared during a feedback session held on...

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...

FFEM has published new information brochures on its themed action areas

In january 2023, the FFEM published its new strategy 2023-2026 and defined its new priority themes for the environment and development. FFEM has since published five brochures showcasing its various a...

Pollution & hazardous waste

Applying sound management of chemicals and hazardous waste

uPOP the project supported by the FFEM, provide innovative and sustainable solutions by improving the management of these polluting wastes. Despite its efforts, the Gambia is failing to effectively ma...

Use of plastics and waste management to benefit the environment in Costa Rica

As a substantial importer of plastics, Costa Rica has to manage a significant amount of waste, part of which ends up in the wild. To limit the impact of this pollution on the environment, the project...

Working towards a Global Plastics Treaty: showcasing FFEM-supported projects for sustainable management of pla...

From 29 May to 2 June 2023, Paris is hosting the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), which is aiming to develop an international legally binding instrument to end pla...

Circular solutions and fight against pollution

FFEM supports projects that tackle pollution and implement circular solutions. It accompanies integrated approaches that consider the entire product life cycle. It also supports the strengthening of g...

WEEECAM: Building a pioneering treatment system for electrical and electronic waste in Africa

Classified as “hazardous” by the Basel Convention, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) represents a major ecological and health issue. In Africa, the lack of infrastructure and collection...

Promoting sustainable housing to improve equitable access to social housing

With burgeoning demographic growth, Senegal has a shortage of homes for the most vulnerable households. The PHARD project – supported by the FFEM – aims to facilitate their access to affordable, resil...

Event to present the FFEM’s new 2023-2026 strategy

On 27 June 2022, the FFEM - alongside the National Council for Development and International Solidarity (CNDSI) - presented the issues and prospects documented in its new 2023-2026 strategy. The ses...

Strengthening pastoral units in Senegal

As part of a project supported by the FFEM, Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) is publishing two manuals on best management practice for natural resources in the silvopastoral area of th...

Teaser of the activity report FFEM 2018-2019

As it approaches its 25th anniversary, the FFEM is entering a new chapter with an updated strategy and a one-third increase in resources for the 2019–2022 period. This activity report reviews the key...

Encouraging agroecology in arid regions: the Avaclim website is live!

Run by the French NGO CARI (Centre for International Action and Realisations) and its partners (eight local NGOs, the Research Institute for Development, SupAgro (French agronomic graduate school) and...

Sébastien Treyer: “The crisis is pushing us to search for an ever-wider transformational impact.”

Sébastien Treyer, President of the FFEM’s Scientific & Technical Committee and also Director General of the French Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (Iddri), considers...

World Mother Earth Day: Producing Differently—Fair Trade in Support of Biodiversity

Every year, International Mother Earth Day reminds us of the urgent need to take action in the face of environmental imbalances that affect millions of people and living species around the world. Defo...