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2050 Facility: supporting low-carbon and resilient development
Facility 2050 is a tool, implemented by AFD, which offers technical assistance and capacity-building actions to the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases or are most vulnerable to climate change.
The 2050 Facility supports 30 partner countries in their transition to low-carbon, more resilient development pathways that protect the environment.
Objectives
• Support countries in developing and implementing long-term low-carbon and resilient development strategies.
• Develop investment planning and mobilize climate finance.
• Strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to build transition pathways based on their country’s socio-economic objectives.
Am I eligible?
The 2050 Facility does not accept applications or direct requests from beneficiaries.
AFD departments or country offices identify priority projects for support through the Facility as part of their strategies with partners. Beneficiaries may include:
• National governments and institutions, including ministries of the environment and sustainable development, climate change, economy and finance, sectoral ministries, planning ministries, and central banks.
• Local authorities.
• Public entities.
• Research and statistical institutes, agencies such as space agencies, and think tanks.
Beneficiary countries: Algeria, Armenia, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.
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Strengths
• €40 million in total grant funding, mobilized by AFD in successive tranches beginning in 2018.
• Financing for studies and capacity-building programs,
• A dynamic network of partners (including the 2050 Pathways Platform, Deep Decarbonization Pathways and the NDC partnership).
40 M€ in grants
In line with the commitments made by France at the One Planet Summit in December 2017, AFD has created the 2050 Facility, with a budget of €30 million + €10 million, to promote low-carbon and resilient development, aligned with the Paris Agreement.
Type: Grant
Amount: Between €100,000 and €1 million
Types of support:
- Preparation of long-term strategies within the framework of the Paris Agreement.
- Modeling of sectoral (energy, agriculture, forestry, etc.) and cross-sectoral trajectories.
- Socio-economic assessment of low-carbon transition scenarios and the effects of climate change.
- Analysis of the vulnerability of the State, transition risks, biodiversity loss.
- Sectoral studies on the social effects and opportunities for transition throughout the value chain.
- Support for the planning and preparation of sectoral roadmaps, in connection with countries’ climate action and biodiversity protection plans.
- Support for governance mechanisms fostering accountability and transparency in monitoring national commitments.
