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Country case studies: LAC2024

This country case study compilation is part of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Investments in the Latin ...

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Approach Paper: Evidence review on forest conservation

... to search, screen, appraise and present the stock of high-quality evidence on interventions, outcomes and impacts of forest conservation measures. Once completed, the EGM will provide a comprehensive overview of existing evidence, highlighting both well-researched ...

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COA2025: Approach Brief

... timeline, and methods for the Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Country Ownership Approach (COA2025). The evaluation will inform the planned update of the GCF’s Guidelines for Enhanced Country Ownership and Country Drivenness and will be delivered ahead of the 43rd meeting of the Board (B.43). It includes a ...

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Final report of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund's Energy Sector Portfolio and Approach

... sector are effective in contributing to the objectives of the UNFCCC and other global agendas. It examines the ... effectiveness and efficiency in reducing the effects of climate change, and promoting a paradigm shift towards ... on the ground. It also considers the diverse context of the countries and the markets and explores how these ...

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Evidence Review on Forest Conservation – An Evidence Gap Map

This report presents an evidence gap map summarizing the available evidence on certification and land tenure interventions to conserve forests in developing countries. It identifies areas with strong evidence and...

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Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to Country Ownership (COA2025): Appendices

This document contains the appendices of the 2025 Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Approach to Country Ownership. The appendices ... complement the main evaluation report. It includes a theory of change analysis and a detailed country ownership ...

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Scoping Review: What do we know about the evidence base for the SDG Planet Pillar?

... Nations evaluation reports related to the Planet Pillar of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It identifies the strength and distribution of evidence across intervention types and SDG target areas, ... and more. The review aims to inform the development of future living syntheses for catalytic action where ...

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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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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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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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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 ...

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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 ...

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Forward-looking Performance Review of the GCF: Has the governing instrument translated into an adequate structure for GCF to operationalize its mandate?

... Forward-looking Performance Review of the GCF: Has the governing instrument translated into an ...

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COP25 Keynote (Part 1): Green Climate Fund Results over its Initial Resource Mobilization Period
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COP25 Keynote (Part 2): Green Climate Fund Results over its Initial Resource Mobilization Period
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COP25 Keynote (Part 3): Green Climate Fund Results over its Initial Resource Mobilization Period
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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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Impact evaluation baseline report for FP072: Strengthening climate resilience of agricultural livelihoods in agro-ecological regions I and II in Zambia

... the baseline data for “Strengthening climate resilience of agricultural livelihoods in agro-ecological regions I and ... descriptive statistics collected for the baseline phase of the SCRALA impact evaluation. Babatunde Abidoye, Dr. ... baseline report for FP072: Strengthening climate resilience of agricultural livelihoods in agro-ecological regions I and ...

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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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