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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
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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 GCF’s Gender Approach
The Gender Approach Evaluation began 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. The gender ... 2025, and its findings informed the design and scope of the ongoing 2026 gender evaluation. GENDER2025 ...
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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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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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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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An Evidence Gap Map on Forest Conservation
This is an updated Evidence Gap Map (EGM) of forest conservation interventions in developing countries ... address key evidence gaps, especially concerning the role of forest policies in halting deforestation and the contribution of market-based instruments, such as certification and ...
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Impact Evaluation Midline Report for FP/SAP 087: Building Livelihood Resilience to Climate Change in the Upper Basin of Guatemala’s Highlands
This report presents the midline findings of the project "Building Livelihood Resilience to Climate Change in the Upper Basins of Guatemala’s Highlands," implemented since 2021 to ... by severe climate shocks and migration. While awareness of conservation practices has improved, behavioural change ...
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Impact evaluation report for FP101: Resilient Rural Belize – Backyard Gardens
... show that the intervention increased incomes by an average of 1,371 BZD and strengthened resilience to climate shocks, ... highlight the need for continued support to sustain long-term impact. Impact evaluation report for FP101: Resilient ...
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Independent evaluation of the GCF’s approach to and Portfolio of Climate Information and Early Warning System Interventions (CIEWS)
... the Fund’s strategic positioning, partnerships, and use of programmatic modalities and funding windows, including ... and effective CIEWS interventions. Reviewing a portfolio of CIEWS-tagged projects that has grown over the past ... identifies strategic and operational gaps, and offers forward-looking insights on how the GCF can enhance ...
Document > Evaluation report
Impact Evaluation Endline Report for FP034: Building Resilient Communities, Wetland Ecosystems and Associated Catchments in Uganda
... the evaluation finds that the project increased awareness of wetland degradation, promoted crop diversification, and ... evaluation period. The findings underscore the importance of timely, context-appropriate livelihood support and ...
Document > Impact evaluation report
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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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 ...
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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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