CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATEACTION AGENDA
INITIATIVES SUPPORTEDBY FR NCE—KEY FIGURES

4 INNOVATIVE INITIATIVESFRANCE finances and is involved in many international initiatives

aiming at accelerating climate action in collaboration with a wide rangeof actors: governments, NGOs, companies, international organisations...
International initiatives are implemented within the framework of theGlobal Climate Action in order to strengthen the mobilization ofNon-State Actors.
They cover many geographical areas and sectors of the ecologicaltransition: energy, transport, industry, cities and buildings, water,
land use, oceans and coastal areas...

—MOBILIZE YOUR CITY------The initiative aims at
implementing sustainableurban mobility plans in
100 cities and national public
policies on urban mobility in
20 countries by 2020.
Launched in 2015, it has
already developed 42
sustainable urban mobility
plans and 11 national urban
mobility plans.

CARBON PRICINGLEADERSHIPCOALITION

The objective of this coalition
is to develop carbon pricing.
Since 2014, it has successfully
ensured that an internalcarbon price is used in thedecision-making of 1,400
companies. At the beginningof 2018, about 15% of global
carbon emissions werecovered by a carbon price.

Founded in 2015, thiscoalition assesses theambition of companies'
climate commitments. To
date, 498 companies havejoined the initiative and 151of them have had the qualityof their objectives approvedby the initiative.

25 INTERNATIONALINITIATIVES SUPPORTEDBY FRANCE——48%

concernadaptation (limitation of thenegative impacts of climatechange)

—
52%

TYPE
OF ACTORS

—
57%
—
26%

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of the initiatives
have at least one short-term
quantitative target—
52%of the initiatives
have at least one long-term
quantitative target

MONITORINGPROGRESS—
65%

of the initiatives
have implemented specific tools
to monitor the progress of theiractivities and compare them inrelation to their objectives

The Climate Risk Insurance
Initiative, launched in 2015,
brings together more than
40 members (countries,international organizations,development banks, insurancecompanies, think tanks, NGOs,etc.). This partnership aims at
providing coverage for themost vulnerable and poor
people. Since its inception,
25 programmes were launchedin 78 countries; 9 programmes
insurance are alreadyoperational and cover 33.2
million people.

22%—

SDG 7 Affordable
and Clean Energy

17%—

SDG 12 Responsible
Consumption and Production

—65%

—

are multistakeholder initiatives

only States------SDG 9 Industry,Innovation and Infrastructures

SDG 11 Sustainable
Cities and Communities

are gathering

INSURESILIENCE

17%

26%

concernmitigation (limitation ofgreenhouse gases emissions)

OBJECTIVES------------OBJECTIVES THEY AIM TO ACHIEVE, ACTORS THEY INVOLVE
AND TOOLS THEY USE:TYPE
OF CLIMATEACTIONSCIENCE BASEDTARGETSSUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENTGOALS((SDGS)—SDG 10

9%

ReducedInequalities——13%

SDG 15 Lifeon Land9%

SDG 14 Life
Below Water

These 25 Initiatives of the Global Climate Action supported by France contribute to achieve severalof the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the member States of the United Nations.
Source : www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/fr/objectifs-de-developpement-durable/

RECIPE FOR
A SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE—VARIOUS SOURCES OF
FINANCING: States,
development banks,
local authorities,
private sector...

360° COMMUNICATION
on key messages andprogress

FOLLOW-UP TOOLS
to report on its actions
to partners and civilsociety

Robust and flexible
GOVERNANCE BODIES

4 FLAGSHIP INITIATIVESASSESSING LOWCARBON TRANSITION(ACT)The initiative provides
methods to assess thealignment of a company's
strategy with adecarbonization trajectory
tailored to its activities. It has
set itself the objective ofcovering 16 sectors by the endof 2021, as well as a numberof 30 companies analysed peryear from 2019 and 150 from2022. At the beginning of2019, ACT has already covered
4 sectors and analysed 41companies.

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INTERNATIONAL SOLAR
ALLIANCE (ISA)Launched in 2015 by Franceand India, the alliance aims tomassively reduce solar energy
costs and promote its
large-scale deployment
worldwide. It plans to installan additional 1,000 GW ofsolar energy and invest
US$1,000 billion by 2030.
To date, the first 100 projects
have been identified. France
has committed to financing€1 billion worth of solar
projects between 2016 and2022.

CLIMATE RISK AND
EARLY WARNINGSYSTEMS (CREWS)

The initiative intends to assist
least developed countries andsmall island developing Statesin increasing their capacity toproduce and disseminate early
warnings of climate risks. It
aims to raise US$100 million by
2020. In 2018, approximately$40 million have already been
mobilized by donors to achieve
concrete results: 8 national
projects and 3 regional projects
involving 39 countries.

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SIDS LIGHTHOUSES

Launched in 2014, the initiative
aims to increase renewableenergy capacity in small island
developing States by 5GW by2023. It has already achieved
the objectives it had set itself
for 2020:
deployment of 100 MW of
new solar photovoltaic capacity;
deployment of 20 MW of
new wind power capacity;
deployment of small-scalehydropower capacity,
geothermal and marine
technology.

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rubriques : Politiques publiques /Climat /Lutte contre le changement climatique /Accord de Paris et cadre international de lutte contre le changement climatique

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