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Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Approach to Indigenous Peoples
This evaluation will assess the relevance and effectiveness of the GCF’s approach to and consideration of Indigenous Peoples. It will further aim to provide inputs to inform the review of GCF’s Indigenous Peoples Policy...
Evaluation
B.40 Data Outlook: Empowering Climate Action through Evidence and Capacity Building
"The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see."
— John Tukey, American mathematician
As the crisp autumn breeze settles over Incheon, a sense of anticipation fills the air...
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IEU Newsletter Issue 23 Now Available
The latest issue of the IEU Newsletter - Issue 23 is now available. The IEU Newsletter shares the latest updates from the previous few months, including the IEU's preparation for B.40, evaluation updates, latest...
Article > News
Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Approach to and Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses
The GCF Board adopted the Policy on the Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses in 2018 with the objective of safeguarding GCF from prohibited practices and other forms of wrongdoing. Paragraph 73 of the Policy...
Evaluation
Approach Brief: Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to Indigenous Peoples (IP2024)
This brief summarises the approach paper for the Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to Indigenous Peoples (IP2024), including the evaluation’s context, purpose and objectives, scope, methods and timeline.
Document > Evaluation brief
GEvalNote 20: LAC2024
This 2-pager summarizes the main conclusions and recommendations of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of GCF’s Investments in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) States (LAC2024).
Document > Evaluation brief
GEvalBrief 20: LAC2024
This 4-page brief summarizes the key findings and conclusions of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of GCF’s Investments in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) States (LAC2024).
Document > Evaluation brief
GEvalNote 19: PPWW2024
This 2-pager summarizes the main conclusions and recommendations of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Approach to and Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses.
Document > Evaluation brief
Independent Evaluation of the GCF's 'Health and Well-being, and Food and Water Security' Result Area
In decision B.29/01, the Board approved the integrated results management framework, which identifies 8 results areas which originate from the GCF mitigation and adaptation logic models of the initial results management...
Evaluation
Evidence for Climate Action Webinar
COP29 will take place amid competing priorities, limited resources, and no time to waste. Accelerating climate action requires prioritizing interventions that have proved effective.
The German Institute for Development...
Event > Webinar
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Final Report of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Approach to and Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses (PPWW2024)
Final Report of the Independent Evaluation of the...
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Impact Evaluation Midline Report for FP073 - Strengthening climate resilience of rural communities in Northern Rwanda
This is a midline impact evaluation report of the GCF project FP073 Strengthening climate resilience of rural communities in Northern Rwanda, commonly known as Green Gicumbi Project. The project aims to restore and...
Document > Evaluation document
Learning Talk: REDD+ and Social Safeguards
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The IEU Learning Talk focused on the REDD+ Results-Based Payment (RBP) mechanism under the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Colleagues from the IEU and Secretariat discussed the IEU’s special study on REDD+ RBP...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea
Evidence reviews
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The IEU believes it is important for the GCF to use global evidence to learn what works, what doesn’t, for whom, why and by how much. The IEU’s evidence reviews assemble global evidence on topics that are...
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Evidence gap map: Effectiveness of forest conservation interventions
This evidence gap map expanded upon a previous study conducted by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation related to forest conservation interventions. This review updated evidence for the period 2016 to mid-...
Document > Learning paper
Evidence gap map and intervention heat maps: Climate change adaptation in low- and middle-Income countries
This evidence review examined evidence on climate change adaptation interventions and their effectiveness between 2007 and 2018. Results from 464 studies are included in an evidence gap map which shows large disparities...
Document > Operational document
Evidence review: Private sector investments in mitigation
This evidence review describes the evidence base on private sector investment in mitigation and assess and describes the modes of funding for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. This evidence review inclufdes an...
Evidence review
Evidence gap map: Forestry
This evidence gap map expanded upon a previous study conducted by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation related to forest conservation interventions in low- and middle-income countries. This review updated...
Evidence review
Evidence gap map: Adaptation
This evidence review examined evidence on climate change adaptation interventions and their effectiveness between 2007 and 2018. Results from 464 studies are included in an evidence gap map, which shows large...
Evidence review
Meta-analysis: Access to credit as a determinant of autonomous adaptation to climate change: A meta-analysis of the evidence
This meta-analysis report builds on the evidence gap map (EGM) and intervention heat map (IHM) that examines the evidence regarding the effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions and linked financial flows...
Document > Operational document
Approach paper: Climate change mitigation interventions in the private sector in developing countries
This evidence review describes the evidence base on private sector investment in mitigation and assess and describes the modes of funding for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
The approach paper and approach brief...
Document > Other publication
Synthetic review: Effectiveness of climate change mitigation interventions in the private sector in developing countries
The results of the synthetic review show that the evidence on this topic is still limited and spread across various sectors and interventions, with most evidence in the energy, industrial and agricultural sectors. The...
Document > Learning paper
Evidence gap map and intervention heat map: Climate change mitigation interventions in the private sector in developing countries
This evidence review describes the evidence base on private sector investment in mitigation and describes the modes of funding for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
Document > Learning paper
Evidence review: Results-based payments
Results-based payment interventions involves a funder who agrees to make payments to agents for achieving pre-agreed, verified results. In so doing, result-based payment interventions convene multiple agents to achieve...
Evidence review
Approach paper: Evidence review on results-based payments
Results-based payments provide funding conditional on actions undertaken by target beneficiaries and verified by third parties. This approach paper outlines that this evidence review will adopt a broad approach to take...
Document > Other publication
Evidence gap map and intervention heat map: Evidence review on results-based payments
The evidence gap map presents a systematic, multisectoral search of publications in the academic and grey literature. The search was restricted to quantitative studies published between 2000 and 2020 that assessed the...
Document > Learning paper
Approach paper: Evidence review on the effectiveness of interventions promoting women's empowerment in developing countries
This evidence review assesses what evidence exists regarding the effectiveness of interventions which seek to promote women’s empowerment. The approach paper details the inclusion/exclusion criteria such as the focus on...
Document > Other publication
Systematic review: Scale, depth and duration - Examples of transformational change in the energy and public health sectors
The final report and final brief offer examples of transformational change in the energy and public health sectors at scale, with depth and duration. We identify lessons on transformational change from these two sectors...
Document > Learning paper
Evidence gap map: Interventions for women's empowerment in developing countries
This evidence gap map plots studies on the effectiveness of interventions for women’s empowerment in developing countries. The evidence gap map shows most evidence is from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, especially...
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