The Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) joined GLocal Evaluation Week 2025, hosted by the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), to lead a series of virtual learning sessions on evaluation and climate action.

GLocal is an annual, international knowledge-sharing platform designed to foster dialogue across sectors and geographies. Under the 2025 theme “Environmental Sustainability, Inclusion, and Peace,” the IEU contributed three sessions from 3–5 June focused on gender, Indigenous Peoples, and policy influence.

Event 1: Evaluation to decision-making: How the REDD+ RBP study supported the continuation of a climate finance line at the GCF

Date: 3 June 2025
Speakers: 

• Jeehyun Yoon – Evaluation Specialist, IEU, Green Climate Fund

• Booyoung Jang – Researcher, IEU, Green Climate Fund

• Martin Dellavedova – Director, SISTME Monitoring & Evaluation

Watch the session: YouTube

Event 2: Gender inclusion in climate evaluation

Date: 4 June 2025
Speakers: 

• Yeonji Kim – Evaluation and Uptake Specialist, Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU), Green Climate Fund

• Susumu Yoshida – Impact Evaluation Specialist, IEU, Green Climate Fund

• Seblewongel Negussie – Gender and Social Specialist, GCF Secretariat

• Rajib Ghosal – Global Head of Climate, Portfolio, and Equality, Save the Children International (former Gender and Social Specialist, GCF)

Watch the session: YouTube

Event 3: Evaluating the GCF’s approach to Indigenous Peoples

Date: 5 June 2025
Speakers:

• Genta Konci – Evaluation Specialist, IEU, Green Climate Fund

• Rishabh Moudgill – Policy and Evaluation Specialist, IEU, Green Climate Fund

• Helen Bianglen-Magata – Alternate Member, Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group (IPAG); Executive Director, Tebtebba Foundation

Moderator: Josephine Ngala

Watch the session: YouTube

Events organized by: Therese Gonzaga

Hosted by: Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund