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Highlights: Country Case Studies for the Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Country Ownership Approach
... Country Case Studies for the Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Country Ownership Approach ...
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Webinar: Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of GCF Investments in SIDS
... Webinar: Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of GCF Investments in SIDS ...
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Webinar: Independent Assessment of GCF's Simplified Approval Process
... Webinar: Independent Assessment of GCF's Simplified Approval Process ...
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Spotlight: Evaluating the relevance and effectiveness of the GCF’s investments in the African States
This video summarizes the key findings and recommendations of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of the Green Climate Fund’s Investments in the African ...
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Spotlight: Independent Synthesis of Direct Access in the Green Climate Fund
This video summarizes the key findings and recommendations of the Independent Synthesis of Direct Access in the Green Climate Fund. The video was ... Spotlight: Independent Synthesis of Direct Access in the Green Climate Fund ...
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Independent evaluation of the adaptation portfolio and approach of the Green Climate Fund
Climate adaptation is at the forefront of tackling climate change along with mitigation. The GCF is ... the Board in March 2021. Adapt2021 Independent evaluation of the adaptation portfolio and approach of the Green Climate Fund ...
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If I could time travel: does access to credit help the decision to adapt to climate change in developing countries?
... instruments. Humankind has long fantasized with the idea of time travel as a means to anticipate and deal with ... in our gap-map [1], which will be published soon by the IEU and DEval. In our recent meta-analysis report [2] to ... Torrente (forthcoming, 2020), Access to credit as a determinant of autonomous adaptation to climate change: A ...
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What can the Green Climate Fund learn about innovation from institutional economics: Lessons for multilaterals.
The GCF was set up as a consequence of the Paris climate negotiations to be an operating ... performance of the Fund , the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) noted that a significant portion of the Fund’s ... that have been ‘accredited’ to the Fund (see the IEU’s new accreditation evaluation here ). This is ...
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Of prayer flags and readiness: Notes from an evaluation mission in Bhutan
... to romanticize Bhutan. In sharp contrast to the location of our GCF office, the air feels clean; there is such little ... it to the GCF as a token of appreciation. Of course, the IEU is not the intended recipient of the gifts, and we are ... eventually. The mission was undertaken as part of the IEU evaluation of the GCF readiness program. The report of ...
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Often late and costs a pretty penny: do impact evaluations meet the opportunity window?
We have witnessed an increase in the number of impact evaluations of development programmes in the past ... answer is ‘it depends’! As we explore in a recent IEU working paper , the answers depend on where impact ... to consider impact evaluations (consider, for example, the IEU’s LORTA programme ). Costs of conducting real-world ...
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Good will hunting: Challenges of theory-based impact evaluations for climate investments in a multilateral setting
... when institutionalizing LORTA within the GCF ecosystem of international and national actors. These challenges may ... other multilateral settings. Good will hunting: Challenges of theory-based impact evaluations for climate investments ...
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Final report on the independent evaluation of the GCF's Result Management Framework (RMF2019)
... first is to assess the design, implementation, and utility of the GCF’s Results Management Framework (RMF). The ... may be employed effectively as a tool for achieving the longterm objectives and impacts of the Fund. To meet these objectives the evaluation team ...
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Final report on the independent evaluation of the GCF's Environmental and Social Safeguards and the Environmental and Social Management System (ESS2019)
... performance and co-benefits are key to the mandate of the GCF and its environmental and social policy (ESP). ... managing potential adverse environmental and social impacts of GCF-funded projects. The second is to assess the extent ... and co-benefits. Final report on the independent evaluation of the GCF's Environmental and Social Safeguards and the ...
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Going the Last Mile: Behavioural Science and Investments in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
... on both portfolio-level data as well as case studies of 11 purposively-chosen projects from a random sample of 20 projects in the GCF portfolio. This is a revised and extended version of the paper presented to the Climate2020 online Conference. ...
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"Show me the money": Resource allocation, funding windows and country needs
As the initial resource mobilization period of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) draws to an end with over ... project funding allocation and the vulnerability levels of recipient and non-recipient countries. Elangtlhoko ...
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Final report of the Second Performance Review of the Green Climate Fund
The Second Performance Review of the Green Climate Fund covers the GCF-1 period and seeks ... discussed for the GCF-2 period (2024–2027). The scope of the SPR includes (1) evaluating the GCF’s progress in ... actions as outlined in the USP, and (2) the performance of the GCF in promoting a paradigm shift towards ...
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Evaluation Operational Procedures and Guidelines for Accredited Entity-led Evaluations
... (‘Guidelines’) aim to promote a shared understanding of the requirements of the GCF Evaluation Policy as they relate to the delivery of interim evaluations and final evaluations of funded ...
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Valuing investments in the Global Carbon Market Mechanism as compound real options: Lessons from the Clean Development Mechanism
... projects at the same time as limiting the global costs of tackling global warming. Using the worked example of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), this article shows that the exact valuation of a mitigation project requires the application of compound ...
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[Approach paper] Independent Evaluation of Green Climate Fund's Approach to the Energy Sector
An independent evaluation of the GCF's approach to the energy sector is undertaken ... The evaluation will assess the relevance and effectiveness of GCF’s approach to the energy sector to inform future ... guidance. It will also provide an extensive analysis of the results achieved as well as scenarios for future ...
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Evidence review on coastal and terrestrial water-sector interventions in developing countries: Protocol for a systematic review
The primary objective of this systematic review is to identify, assess, and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of coastal and terrestrial water-sector interventions in ... in developing countries. The goal is to facilitate the use of evidence in informing policy and practice decisions ...
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Final report on the Independent evaluation of the Green Climate Fund's approach to the private sector
... This evaluation assesses the relevance and effectiveness of the GCF’s approach to the private sector. Its findings ... include: Enhancing the speed and transparency of GCF operations to align with private sector needs for ... Evaluation Unit Final report on the Independent evaluation of the Green Climate Fund's approach to the private sector ...
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[Protocol for a systematic review] Effectiveness of life skills interventions for the empowerment of women in developing countries
... interventions for women's empowerment develops a typology of interventions and outcomes for the empowerment of women and girls. Based on that, a systematic review deals with a saturated cell of life skills interventions within the EGM and their ...
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Evidence review on behavioural science interventions in development and environmental fields in developing countries: Protocol for a systematic review
Based on the evidence gap map of behavioural science interventions within the development ... focuses on synthesizing the evidence on the effectiveness of behavioural science interventions, including feedback, ... presents the overall approach for the systematic review of the effectiveness of these specific behavioural ...
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[Systematic review] Behavioural science interventions within the development and environmental fields in developing countries
... outcomes. It aims to facilitate the use of evidence in informing policy and practice decisions ...
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Interventions for women's empowerment in developing countries: An evidence gap map
There is a broad spectrum of interventions targeted at gender equality in developing ... there is no evidence gap map on the effectiveness of interventions to improve women’s empowerment in ... evidence gap map (EGM) plots studies on the effectiveness of interventions for women’s empowerment in developing ...
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Effectiveness of life skills training interventions for the empowerment of women in developing countries: A systematic review
... to mainstreaming gender requires a strong understanding of gender issues and gender capacity, and the Fund’s ... sets out a commitment to measure the outcomes and impacts of its activities on women and men’s resilience to climate ... gap map, this systematic review evaluates the ability of life skills interventions to promote the empowerment of ...
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Coastal and terrestrial water sector interventions in developing countries: A systematic review
This paper presents a systematic review of water sector interventions in achieving desired outcomes ... The synthesis is based on 40 studies assessing the impact of the six interventions included in the review. These cover ... capacity, warranting specific attention. The scarcity of studies, particularly on coastal interventions, along ...
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Spotlight: Independent Synthesis of the GCF's Accreditation Function
... Evaluation Unit undertook its independent synthesis study of the Green Climate Fund’s Accreditation function. Meet ... behind the evaluation and learn more about the key findings of our report. Read the full report here. This video was ... Spotlight: Independent Synthesis of the GCF's Accreditation Function ...
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Spotlight: Our reflections on GCF B.28
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board held its 28th meeting in March, approving 15 new climate projects totalling USD 7.5 billion.
The GCF's Independent Evaluation Unit watched the meeting closely – Watch the video to hear...
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