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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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Realist review: Just transition towards low emission, climate resilient and more inclusive societies in developing countries
... This learning paper provides the first realist review of global evidence on interventions targeting outcomes ... social dialogue and stakeholder engagement. Hard and soft enablers differed across sectors. We also found common ... Norrington-Davies, Agata Makowska, Rob Macquarie, Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song, Yeonji Kim, Daisuke Horikoshi, Zephaniah ...
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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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Stakeholder Engagement in Impact Evaluation
Strong engagement with stakeholders is central to the IEU’s Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment ... local stakeholders from inception through to completion of the evaluation. For example, project teams have full ... and shared responsibility and accountability with the GCF-IEU for the interpretation of results and reporting. Within ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Effectiveness of Climate Change Mitigation Interventions in the Private Sector in Developing Countries - A Synthetic Review
... map on the same topic, it provides a detailed description of the 32 studies that met the strict inclusion criteria, ... obtained in the studies and provide a critical appraisal of the quality of the evidence. The review’s results show that the ...
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[Approach paper] Evidence review on the effectiveness of interventions promoting women's empowerment in developing countries
The evidence review on the effectiveness of interventions promoting women's empowerment in developing ... steps involving the resources, agency and achievements of girls and women of all ages. The evidence review aims to answer the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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