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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 ...
Document > Approach paper
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 ... energy, industrial and agricultural sectors. The majority of the 32 reviewed studies found significant positive ... and other co-impacts. However, the limited number of causal studies and the limited external validity in a ...
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Evidence gap map and intervention heat map: Evidence review on results-based payments
... gap map presents a systematic, multisectoral search of publications in the academic and grey literature. The ... between 2000 and 2020 that assessed the effectiveness of one or more RBP interventions using experimental, ... characteristics extracted from a sample of 428 studies that met these inclusion/exclusion criteria, ...
Document > Learning paper
Evidence review: Just transition
Just transition is now a key element of climate change debates. To date, most learning on just ... the first to provide a rigorous and precise realist summary of deliberate interventions contributing towards a just ...
Evidence review
Systematic review: Effectiveness of life skills training interventions for the empowerment of women in developing countries
The systematic review evaluates the ability of life skills interventions to promote the empowerment of women of all ages. Overall, life skills positively affect a range ...
Document > Learning paper
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 ... agriculture. The project has been evaluated at midterm through a repeated cross section design with a random ... us to gauge the project's progress towards its longer-term objectives. Impact Evaluation Midline Report for ...
Document > Evaluation document
Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Gender Approach
The Gender Approach Evaluation will begin with a synthesis of existing evidence in 2025 to lay the groundwork for a more comprehensive evaluation of the GCF’s gender strategies in 2026, which is subject ... approval. The synthesis note and the draft approach paper of the gender evaluation are expected to be available by ...
Evaluation
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 ...
Video > IEU video
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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LORTA In-Person Impact Evaluation Design Workshop
The purpose of the in-person impact evaluation design workshop is to ... project managers, and M&E teams to measure the impact of their project/s. Participants will learn more about ... and quasi-experimental designs based on a theory of change. Participants will work in small groups to develop ...
Event > External event Thailand 
Greening North Korea - An opportunity for the GCF?
... watershed management and soil erosion. Today, the role of forests as a critical precondition for the world’s ... with the Park Chung-Hee administration in the 1960s, a long-term successful reforestation campaign began with the help ... follow him on Twitter @BernhardSeliger You can follow the IEU @GCF_Eval #IEUblog Also, be sure to check out the ...
Article > Blog 
My pop moments from COP25
... be resting and thinking about the next COP at Glasgow. Half of that has occurred: we are all thinking about COP26 in Glasgow. But with a sense of disquiet. COP25 has been marked significantly by chaos ... moment : No one knows. (Spoiler alert: Its one thing the IEU will be working on in 2020.) ‘ Climate value is ...
Article > Blog 
Structure determines behavior. We need insights from Behavioral Economics to save the planet.
... this, in January 2019, Madhuri Dass Woudenberg, Head of Communications of the Global Development Network (GDN), ... Jyotsna Puri (Jo), Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), on the knowledge ... Behavioral insights are telling us that ‘structure determines behavior.’ We need to change the choice ...
Article > Interview 
Canaries in the Coal Mine? What Birds Tell Us About Climate Change
“Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll ... 18 August, I went birdwatching together with the other IEU interns as part of the Unit’s monthly Interns’ Day Programme. The ...
Article > Blog 
Capacity-building for impact evaluation – LORTA Impact Evaluation Design Workshop
... #RealTimeEngagment From 28 to 31 August 2023, the IEU’s Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment ... Accredited Entities (AEs) in measuring the causal impact of GCF’s funded projects. As a member of the LORTA team, I ... In fact, the participants left Korea motivated and determined to conduct an impact assessment for their ...
Article > Blog 
Spotlight: The Green Climate Fund's Adaptation Portfolio
The Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Adaptation Portfolio and Approach completed ... behind the evaluation and learn more about the key findings of our report. This evaluation was started in January 2020 ...
Video > IEU video
Evidence gap map: Forestry
... 2016 to mid-2018 and synthesized this with the coverage of the previous evidence review (1990-2015). The evidence ... is there to inform environmental and socioeconomic outcomes of different forest conservation interventions in low- or ...
Evidence review
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
Final report on the Independent evaluation of the adaptation portfolio and approach of the Green Climate Fund
... change's current and future effects. This evaluation of the GCF’s adaptation portfolio and approach assesses ... Can use its readiness programme for adaptation planning to offer support and guidance to meet country needs Needs a ... private sector’s adaptation role Requires a wider range of financial instruments with higher co-finance ratios to ...
Document > Evaluation report
Final report on the Independent evaluation of the relevance and effectiveness of the Green Climate Fund's investments in the Least Developed Countries
... been relevant and effective in reducing the vulnerability of local communities in LDCs and of their livelihoods to the effects of climate change, and whether these impacts are likely to ...
Document > Evaluation report
Impact Evaluation midline report for FP026 - Sustainable Landscapes for Eastern Madagascar
... (SLEM) project (FP026) aims to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers and reduce carbon emissions by ... and local government. The project has been evaluated at midterm through a clustered phase-in design that relied on the ... us to gauge the project's progress towards its longer-term objectives. Camila Donatti, Giacomo Fedele, Rocky ...
Document > Evaluation document
Evidence review: Transformational change
... investments. The evidence gap maps will inform the scope of a subsequent systematic review. For the purpose of our review, we operationalize transformational change in the following manner: A large depth of change: Transformational change requires a sizeable ...
Evidence review
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 ... Systematic review: Scale, depth and duration - Examples of transformational change in the energy and public health ...
Document > Learning paper
Spotlight: Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Environmental and Social Safeguards
... 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 was to assess the extent ... behind the evaluation and learn more about the key findings of our report. Read the full report here. This video was ...
Video > IEU video
Evidence review: Private sector investments in mitigation
... investment in mitigation and assess and describes the modes of funding for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. This ... sector investment in mitigation and assess which modes of funding are most effective and efficient in mitigating ...
Evidence review
Evidence review: Market-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation
Effective involvement of the private sector is key for closing financing gaps and enhancing climate action. Of the multilateral climate funds, the GCF has the strongest ... small- and medium-sized enterprises and local financial intermediaries. This review is a comprehensive and rigorous ...
Evidence review
Challenges in real-world impact evaluations: Some learning on costs and timeliness
... impact evaluations, to establish the attributable impact of development interventions. Amid this growing interest in ... are studies that evaluate and measure the causal change of government, non-government or multilateral assistance ... requirements for implementation and the ambition of policy influence. To illustrate constraints and ...
Document > Working paper
The overlooked role of secretariats in the success of environmental treaties
... influence international civil servants have on the outcomes of the treaties and organizations they work for. After ... can follow him on Twitter @archirastogi You can follow the IEU @GCF_Eval #IEUblog The overlooked role of secretariats in the success ...
Article > News 
When it comes to utilising climate finance, ‘how’ is as important as ‘how much’
... Change conference in Glasgow, climate finance is one of the four major issues before the summit. According to the ... funding or even grants, that might result in short-term losses for institutions like the Green Climate Fund. ... can follow him on Twitter @archirastogi You can follow the IEU @GCF_Eval #IEUblog The views expressed in this blog ...
Article > News 
Sailing Toward Sustainability: Tackling GHG Emissions in the Maritime Industry
... the safety, security, and environmental sustainability of international shipping. International trade and the ... Nations Conference on Trade and Development says over 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by ... Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) be interested in Maritime Day? Partly because World ...
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