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GEvalBrief 11
... among other things, building and clarifying theories of change, co-building real-time and longer term measurement systems and helping projects use ... a quick, reader-friendly overview of the key points in the IEU’s independent rapid assessment of the GCF’s RFP ...
Document > Evaluation brief
Final report on Forward-looking Performance Review of the GCF (FPR2019)
... October 2018) the GCF Board initiated and approved a review of the GCF and asked the GCF Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) (decision B.21/17) to finalise the process by 30 June ... Instrument for the Green Climate Fund as well as in terms of its core operational priorities and actions as ...
Document > Evaluation report
B.33 Data Outlook: Funding proposals for Board’s consideration
... be the first GCF Board meeting that I observe as a member of the GCF family, as I joined the Fund’s Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) as an Evaluation Specialist in May 2022. It is ... financing will go up further. If approved, in nominal terms, the IAEs would have cumulatively received USD 8.7 ...
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LORTA Portfolio Brief 2021
... Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme keeps track of the impact of GCF investments. Its goal is to assist GCF projects ... theories of change, co-building real-time and longer term measurement systems and helping projects use ...
Document > Evaluation brief
LORTA Portfolio Update
... Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme keeps track of the impact of GCF investments. Its goal is to assist GCF projects ... theories of change, co-building real-time and longer term measurement systems and helping projects use ...
Document > Evaluation brief
SAP2020: Independent Assessment of the GCF's Simplified Approval Process Pilot Scheme
This page refers to the evaluation of the GCF's Simplified Approval Process (SAP) undertaken ... at different stages of the SAP process. The purpose of the IEU assessment is to inform and recommend actions for Board ... to improve the GCF project cycle . The assessment will determine if any lessons learned from the implementation of ...
Evaluation > Programmatic
IDEAS Conference: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EVALUATION for Influence & Transformation
... change, it must address the multifaceted and complex nature of development and humanitarian efforts.The conference ... of all individuals. During this conference, the IEU will participate in several sessions in collaboration ... natural resource protection programmes For details, refer to the conference site Italy Rome, Italy IDEAS ...
Event > External event Italy 
B.37 Data Outlook: funding proposals for the board’s consideration
Tbilisi, Georgia’s national capital, will be the centre of global attention as the Board Members of the Green ... documents to the Board, and some findings from the IEU’s independent evaluation reports. What will be the ... or USD 3,607.3 million, including co-financing, in nominal terms. This will result in a GCF aggregate portfolio of USD ...
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Evidence review: Forest conservation
... in developing countries play a critical role as sources of carbon storage and sequestration, regulators of global ... projects related to both mitigation and adaptation. In terms of mitigation, the GCF has approved forests and land ... over more than 70 projects. To support the mandate of the IEU in ensuring the GCF remains a learning institution, this ...
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Evidence for Climate Action Webinar
... you to join Evidence for Climate Action (E4CA), a series of conversations in the lead up to COP29 on the latest ... and potential for scalability. On November 6 , the IEU will present under the topic How much climate finance ... present the latest evaluative findings on developments in terms of the finance volume and thereby contribute to ...
Event > Webinar 
Climate Finance Policies: Should We Reform or Not?
On 24 April, during the celebratory holiday period of Eid ul-Fitr in Pakistan, the IEU visited the Embassy of the Pakistan to the Korea to ... Flood (GLOF) risk reduction in Northern Pakistan , often referred to as the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) ...
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'The Evaluator' Episode 10: What does it take to convince farmers to buy crop insurance for climate resilience?
... crop insurance improve farmers’ livelihoods in the face of climate change? If so, what does it take to convince them ... the sale of crop insurance through a mixed-incentive referral system. Dr. Peterson discusses how Busara leveraged ... and Behavioural Economics. This episode was produced by IEU’s Yeonji Kim and Iben Hjorth. You can subscribe to ...
Article > Podcast 
Debt-for-nature swap, Dictionary of Ecological Economics
... together an extensive range of definitive terms in ecological economics. Assembling ... and Dennis Essers Debt-for-nature swap, Dictionary of Ecological Economics ...
Document > Other publication
Climate finance takes center stage at COP27
... Leaders Summit, held over two days during the first week of the conference, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ... and systematically channel funds into climate action. The term "climate finance" is generally used to refer to financing from all sources ― public, private, ...
Article > News 
Evidence gap map: Effectiveness of forest conservation interventions
... 2016 to mid-2018 and synthesized this with the coverage of the previous evidence review (1990-2015). Compared to the previous evidence gap map, the evaluation of forest conservation outcomes has clearly accelerated in recent years, but from a modest base: the body of evidence still remains insufficient across most ...
Document > Learning paper
DataLab
About the IEU DataLab High-quality data is crucial in evaluations. The IEU invests in gathering both quantitative and qualitative ... in evaluation; Carry out cutting-edge research in the field of climate change evaluation; Support impact evaluation data ...
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What Makes Us Happy
The world celebrates the UN International Day of Happiness every 20th of March. At first glance, ... factor, with the mental health of the mother being a key determinant of the happiness for a future adult. One of the ... Vaillant Liza Ottlakán is an evaluation associate at IEU. She is passionate about finding ways to apply abstract ...
Article > Blog 
“One printed brief can go a long way. Here is how.”
“The distribution of printed IEU evaluation briefs was a strategic ... the printed brief is that she can keep it with her and refer back to it even after the conclusion of the ...
Article > Blog 
Documents
... The LORTA team produces resources that assess the impact of climate interventions, sharing knowledge and evidence ...
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‘Climate-smart’ farming boosts forests, food security in Madagascar
In Madagascar — one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries — ... the effects of a warming planet.” Disclaimer: This blog referring to the IEU LORTA report "Impact Evaluation midline report for FP026 ...
Article > Blog 
Transformational Change: the Challenge of a Brave New World
... elusive. Consequently, there is nearly a complete absence of evidence on whether transformational change has been ... will require concerted thinking on this topic, a devolution of measurement capacities and a wider recognition of technologies and techniques as well as cross-systems ...
Document > Learning paper
Complexity, climate change and evaluation
... to climate change, a question arises as to how we can determine their effectiveness. Impact evaluations have emerged in the social sciences as a prominent tool to determine the causal effect of policies and programmes in fields like health and ...
Document > Working paper
B.38 Data Outlook: Opening the GCF-2 with 11 Funding Proposals and Independent Evaluations
The thirty-eighth meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board (B.38), set to take ... meeting since I joined the GCF Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) in August last year. As I revisit my experiences and ... and mitigation funding over time (in grant equivalent terms) Source : GCF/B.38/Inf08. Status of the GCF portfolio: ...
Article > Blog 
In a race against time: Machine learning for the climate emergency
... efficiently and effectively. Notably, the emerging state-of-the-art innovations using machine learning techniques ... of this function lies with its Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU), which ensures that the GCF makes informed decisions ... developed a taxonomy handbook listing the various in-house terminologies that can consequently make ML-enabled text ...
Article > Blog 
B.32 Data Outlook: Funding proposals for Board's consideration
From 16 to 19 May 2022, the 32nd Meeting of the GCF Board (B.32) [1] will take place in Antigua and ... USD 261.2 million for mitigation (80 per cent) in nominal terms. If the proposed projects are to be approved, the ... contribute to a paradigm shift? [4] According to an IEU learning paper on the likelihood of impact of GCF ...
Article > Blog 
Co-creating an evaluation design: Insights from the field
Early in 2017, the IEU kick-started its LORTA Programme with a workshop in ... evaluation designs. In September, I had the privilege of travelling to Malawi and participating in the scoping ... pre-conceived ideas, and with an open heart and mind. The term “evaluation” can evoke negative connotations and ...
Article > Blog 
About the Bees, Climate and Complexity
“To diagnose the problems and potentialities of linked social–ecological systems requires serious study ... the meaning behind this concept would be to break down the term ‘complex’. It comes from Latin complexus (to ... systems composed of many parts and many interactions. The IEU Learning Paper " How to bridge the gap between ...
Article > Blog 
B.34 Data Outlook: Funding proposals for Board’s consideration
On 8 September 2022, I was in a small village outside of London when I heard the news about the Queen’s passing. ... present information about the GCF projects that are part of IEU’s Learning-Oriented Real-time Impact Assessment ... million (44 per cent) is for direct access entities. In terms of distribution among vulnerable countries, 6 FPs ...
Article > Blog 
Most SDG targets for Planet Health Not on Track, according to a global evidence synthesis
... are not on track and have achieved very little progress. As of June 2024, 67% of the 46 targets within the Planet Pillar ... independent evaluation unit of the Green Climate Fund (GCF IEU) has served as a Co-Chair for the Planet Pillar ... and technical support in completing this scoping study. In terms of methodology, the review employed systematic ...
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Evaluation must promote sustainable development
... away from confronting the increasingly central concerns of producing high-quality evidence for social inclusion, the ... with growth effects. We also show that the gap in terms of incorporating sustainability of growth is largest ... prove helpful in this objective. This is being used in the IEU’s focus on the Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact ...
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