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Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Simplified Approval Process (SAP2025)
... Independent Evaluation Unit is conducting a new evaluation of the SAP to examine its progress and emerging lessons, ... changing climate finance landscape. Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Simplified Approval Process (SAP2025) ...
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A Comparative Study: A comparative overview undertaken as part of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) “Health and Well-being, and Food and Water Security” (HWFW) Results Area (RA)
This analysis examined the actual and potential achievements of GCF investments tagged under the Health and Well-being, ... or constrain progress, and assessing the overall value of the Fund’s RA approach and portfolio. The study ... Through this process, the importance and usefulness of developing Comparator Briefs, grounded in benchmarking ...
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Approach Paper: Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to and Portfolio of Climate Information and Early Warning System Interventions (CIEWS)
... and analytical pathways guiding the Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to and Portfolio of Climate Information and Early Warning System ... Interventions (CIEWS). The document provides an overview of the global context for climate services, the growing ...
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Evidence review: Private sector
... trends, identifying gaps, and assessing the effectiveness of current engagement strategies. The review aims to: assess the current landscape of private sector engagement in climate finance assess the relevance and effectiveness of GCF’s private sector engagement across its eight ...
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Special study: Project Preparation Facility Review (2020)
This special study reviews the Green Climate Fund’s Project Preparation Facility (PPF), which supports accredited entities in preparing funding proposals. It examines how the facility has been used, the activities it...
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Executive Summary: Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to and Portfolio of Climate Information and Early Warning Systems Interventions
This document presents the Executive Summary of the Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Approach to and Portfolio of Climate Information and Early Warning Systems (CIEWS), ...
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Impact evaluation endline report for FP026: Sustainable Landscapes in Eastern Madagascar
This report presents the endline findings of an impact evaluation of the Sustainable Landscapes in Eastern Madagascar project, ... finds reductions in deforestation, increased adoption of year-round farming systems, and higher agricultural ...
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A Synthesis Study on the Green Climate Fund: An Interim Deliverable under the Third Performance Review
Approved as part of the Independent Evaluation Unit’s 2025 workplan by the ... it plays a critical role in sharpening the focus of the TPR by grounding the review in existing evidence and ...
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Executive Summary: Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Project Preparation Facility (PPF2026)
This document presents the Executive Summary of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Project Preparation Facility ... Secretariat with an independent, evidence-based assessment of whether the PPF, as currently designed and implemented, ...
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Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Gender Approach (GENDER2025)
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. The purpose of this ...
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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 ...
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Approach Paper: Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Portfolio of and Approach to the Private Sector
... methodology and workplan for the Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Portfolio of and Approach to the Private Sector. The evaluation will ... climate results. Approach Paper: Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Portfolio of and Approach to the Private ...
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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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The Third Performance Review of the GCF: Summary Report
... The report looks across four broad dimensions of GCF performance: GCF’s organizational effectiveness; ... final report in time for B.47. The Third Performance Review of the GCF: Summary Report ...
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If I could time travel: does access to credit help the decision to adapt to climate change in developing countries?
... instruments. Humankind has long fantasized with the idea of time travel as a means to anticipate and deal with ... in our gap-map [1], which will be published soon by the IEU and DEval. In our recent meta-analysis report [2] to ... Torrente (forthcoming, 2020), Access to credit as a determinant of autonomous adaptation to climate change: A ...
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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 ...
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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
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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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