Caroline Edant
Climate change division
Agence française de développement (AFD)
Overview
Caroline Edant is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and holds a master's degree in engineering and environmental management from Mines ParisTech. She joined the climate change division of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in 2014 and is currently in charge of participating to the preparation of COP21. She previously spent seven years at international public transit operator Transdev and worked as a sustainable development consultant for a private equity firm in Chile.
Published articles
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Meeting the challenge of funding the transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient societies
Caroline Edant Agence française de développement (AFD)
Agence française de développement (AFD)
Agence française de développement (AFD) helps implement France’s development and international solidarity policy. It finances, supports and accelerates the transition to a fairer and more sustainable world through its public sector and NGO financing activities, research and publications (Editions AFD), sustainable development training (AFD Campus) and awareness-raising activities in France. Its teams are involved in more than 3,250 projects for the common good – focusing on climate, biodiversity, peace, gender equality, education and health – on the ground in French overseas departments, in 115 countries and in territories in crisis.