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Evidence review: Behavioural science
While being the primary agent of mitigation and adaptation, human behaviours are the least studied aspect of climate change. With climate change intensifying globally ... a behavioural science lens strengthens the short- and long-term effectiveness of interventions. The evidence gap map ...
Evidence review
Accountability in Climate Action
... By 2030, the GCF aims to be managing USD 50 billion of funds and an ever-increasing number of projects on the ground. In this respect, the GCF aims to ... of the global effort to tackle climate change. This IEU has completed an independent evaluation to inform ...
Article > Blog 
Independent evaluation of the relevance and effectiveness of the GCF's investments in the LDCs
... GHGs stock globally but experience disproportionate impacts of its consequences. The evaluation asks whether the ... have been effective in reducing the vulnerability of local communities and their local livelihoods to the effects of climate change, and whether these impacts are likely to ...
Evaluation > Portfolio
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 ...
Article > Blog 
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 ...
Article > Blog 
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 ...
Article > Blog 
Measuring resilience: Threading the needle
... from the past. After working with and in Somalia quite often over the last 15 years, I felt deeply touched. ... approaches that address both immediate needs and long-term resilience. Achieving this transformation in a ... Within the large portfolio of impact evaluations under the IEU’s Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment ...
Article > Blog 
Desert with a dirt road
IEU staff member Archi Rastogi shares reflection while on an evaluation visit to Namibia. The landscape of Namibia is like the tragic matriarch of an opera. She had ... here to ask some of these questions as part of an ongoing IEU evaluation. Not a drop to drink During a 5-day official ...
Article > Blog Namibia 
Managing the health risks of climate change
April's first lunch talk featured Dr. Kristie Ebi, Director of the Center for Health and Global Environment (CHanGE) at the University of Washington. Her talk emphasized the importance of considering climate change when addressing health-related ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
Going the Last Mile: Behavioural Science and Investments in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (presented at Climate2020 Conference)
The purpose of this paper is to showcase how insights from behavioural ... insights from ‘nudges’ and ‘boosting’ for a sample of ten projects by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Nudges are slight alterations of the decisionmaking environment that induce specific ...
Document > Other publication
REDD+: A global effort to mitigate climate change and protect forests
... Land Use at the Green Climate Fund, provides an overview of REDD+ and its importance in fighting climate change. The ... key points on forest degradation and the relationship of forests to CO2 levels. His presentation then includes a discussion of the significance of financing REDD+ projects and its ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
Temporal trends in effect sizes: causes, detection and policy implications
Elena Kulinskaya from the School of Computing Science, University of East Anglia, discusses how rapid temporal changes in ... real changes. The presentation also examines the importance of regularly updating previous meta-analyses and, if needed, ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
Policy options to manage climate risk & food insecurity: Current realities, future potential
... and sustain poverty and food insecurity in rural regions of the developing world. Dr. Solomon Asfaw examines the utility of policy instruments such as cash transfers, weather index ... in mitigating the increasingly deleterious impacts of climate risk on poverty and food security. Full ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
Impact evaluation of climate investment to support Protected Areas
Aaron Zazueta is a former Chief Evaluation Officer for the Global Environment Facility's Independent Evaluation Office where he led a global evaluation of the impact of Protected Areas on biodiversity. This Talk ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
The marriage of private funds and institutional investors for an impactful climate investment
Mr. Sergio Pombo, GCF's Head of Private Equity Funds, examines concerns about the gap ... climate investment demand and the limited availability of funding channels. Institutional investors manage USD 120 ... Full video Pictures 1 / 37 Previous Next Republic of Korea Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea The marriage of ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
The Geospatial Revolution in Programme Evaluation: Data, Methods, Tools and Applications
Dr. Bradley Parks, Executive Director of AidData, provides an overview of Geospatial Impact Evaluations (GIEs) methods and tools ... control trials, making it possible for a large number of programmes to undergo a rigorous impact evaluation with a ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
Climate + Change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH): Developing resilience-building solutions
Dr. David Molden, Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ... cooperation are essential. Full video Republic of Korea Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea Climate + Change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH): ...
Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea 
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 ...
Evaluation > Portfolio
How to bridge the gap between complexity science and evaluation - A new analysis tool as a first step
This paper builds a bridge between the science of complexity and climate change adaptation activities ...
Document > Learning paper
Behavioural science, decision making and climate investments
... are conceived and implemented and the nascent field of behavioural science as a practical, low-cost but ... rewarding route for increasing the effectiveness of climate interventions. Emma De Roy, Chaning Jang, ...
Document > Learning paper
Inception Report for the Independent Review of the Green Climate Fund’s Results Management Framework
... one is to assess the design, implementation, and utility of the results management framework of the Green Climate Fund. The second is to support ... management framework as a tool for achieving the long-term objectives and impacts of the Fund. Inception Report ...
Document > Approach paper
Report of the Synthesis Study
... that seeks to lay a foundation for common understanding of what is known about the current status of the GCF for all key stakeholders leading into the SPR. It provides a clear picture of what is already known for the SPR and serves as an update ...
Document > Evaluation document
Impact Evaluation Report for FP002 : Scaling up the Use of Modernized Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Malawi
This report assesses the impact of the Green Climate Fund's FP002 "Scaling up the Use of Modernized Climate Information and Early Warning Systems ... Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) component of the projects and its impact on the climate resilience of ...
Document > Impact evaluation report
Impact Evaluation Baseline Report for FP073: Strengthening Climate Resilience of Rural Communities in Northern Rwanda "Green Gicumbi Project"
This report presents the findings of the baseline survey for strengthening climate resilience of rural communities in Northern Rwanda commonly known as ... Baseline Report for FP073: Strengthening Climate Resilience of Rural Communities in Northern Rwanda "Green Gicumbi ...
Document > Evaluation document
Sustainable Landscapes in Eastern Madagascar : Baseline Household Survey Report
This report presents the findings of the baseline household survey for the project ... Madagascar" supported by the Independent Evaluation Unit of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and implemented by ...
Document > Evaluation document
Impact Evaluation Baseline Report for FP087: Building livelihood resilience to climate change in the upper basins of Guatemala's highlands
... document is the baseline report for the impact evaluation of the project FP087 "Building livelihood resilience to climate change in the upper basins of Guatemala"s highlands". The report outlines the theory of change of the project intervention as well as the ...
Document > Evaluation document
Final Report of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of the Green Climate Fund's Investments in the African States
... they have been effective in reducing the vulnerability of local communities and their livelihoods and whether these impacts are likely to be sustained. Final Report of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of the Green Climate ...
Document > Evaluation report
Impact evaluation baseline report for FP069: Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with climate change induced salinity
... the baseline data for “Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with ... and summary statistics about the socioeconomic situation of project households before project implementation. Impact ... baseline report for FP069: Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with ...
Document > Evaluation document
Impact evaluation report for FP069 — Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with climate change induced salinity in Bangladesh
... report for FP069 — Enhancing adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women, to cope with ...
Document > Impact evaluation report
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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