Agence Française de Developpement

AFD

  • Type International
  • Date of accreditation 08 Jul 2015

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is a public international financial institution established several decades ago. The mandate of AFD is to contribute to social and economic development through sustainable and inclusive growth, enhancing livelihoods and natural resource management. With operations in more than 90 developing countries across all regions, including least developed countries and small island developing states, AFD is actively engaged in climate change mitigation and adaptation actions across all sectors. AFD made a commitment of almost US$3 billion to climate finance last year, employing a range of financial instruments. AFD has delivered projects and programmes in renewable energy, energy efficiency, public transport, disaster risk management in urban areas and water resources management, improving livelihoods and well-being, adaptive agriculture and forestry. AFD sought accreditation with the GCF to utilize its experience in project delivery by offering support to national priorities in climate resilient development pathways. AFD also seeks to promote direct access to climate finance by strengthening the institutional capacities of national and regional entities.

Accreditation timeline

Accreditation term 1

16 Jan 2018 - 15 Jan 2023

Accreditation date

08 Jul 2015

AMA execution date

11 Nov 2017

AMA effectiveness

16 Jan 2018

Term end date

15 Jan 2023

Accreditation term 2

Pending

Re-accreditation date

12 Jul 2023

AMA execution date

Pending

AMA effectiveness

Pending

Term end date

Pending

Entity details

  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large
  • Environmental and social risk category
    • Category C
    • Category B
    • Category A
    • Intermediation 3
    • Intermediation 2
    • Intermediation 1
  • Fiduciary standards
    • Basic
    • Project management
    • Grant award
    • On-lending/blending:
    • Loan
    • Equity
    • Guarantee
    • Blending

Projects

FP194
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) Cool

FP161
Adaptation

Multiple countries

Building Regional Resilience through Strengthened Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Services in the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Member Countries

FP135
Adaptation

Multiple countries

Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Indian Ocean – EBA IO

FP119
Cross-cutting

State of Palestine

Water Banking and Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change in Northern Gaza

FP095
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Transforming Financial Systems for Climate

FP042
Adaptation

Morocco

Irrigation development and adaptation of irrigated agriculture to climate change in semi-arid Morocco

FP021
Adaptation

Senegal

Senegal Integrated Urban Flood Management Project

News + Stories

Improving farmers’ climate resilience and water use efficiency

03 Dec 2019 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) signed today a funding agreement with the French Development Agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), to finance the Water Banking and Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change project in Northern Gaza.

Green Climate Fund and Qatar convene institutional investors to give boost to climate action

23 Sep 2019 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the State of Qatar, represented by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), have brought together major institutional investors to advance climate action in the margins of the UN Climate Action Summit.

GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD

26 Jun 2019 / Earlier this week, the Green Climate Fund and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed the agreement which will kick-off the implementation of the “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” programme. The programme, targeting 17 countries in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean, seeks to strengthen local financial institutions in the region and boost the private sector’s investments into renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate resilience projects.

The positives of preparing for disaster

11 Jun 2018 / A guide to GCF’s support for climate change early warning systems

Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement

12 Nov 2017 / A key agreement signed today will help AFD achieve its goal of making 100 percent of its financing compatible with the Paris Agreement.

Contacts

Mrs Celine Thoniard
Primary

Climate Finance Expert
Phone +33 01 53 44 35 91
thoniardc@afd.fr
Mr. Marie Guillosson
Secondary

Delegated External Funds Expert
AFD, 5 rue Roland Barthes, 75012, Paris, France
Phone +33 01 53444763
guillossonm@afd.fr