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B.37 Data Outlook: funding proposals for the board’s consideration
... documents to the Board, and some findings from the IEU’s independent evaluation reports. What will be the ... This observation is in sync with findings from the IEU’s RPSP2023 evaluation, which established that the GCF ... non-state actors including the private sector entities. The IEU, amongst others, recommends in the RPSP2023 evaluation ...
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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 mandated to play a significant role in adaptation in developing countries through balanced funding for adaptation and...
Evaluation > Portfolio
If I could time travel: does access to credit help the decision to adapt to climate change in developing countries?
... in our gap-map [1], which will be published soon by the IEU and DEval. In our recent meta-analysis report [2] to be published by the IEU and DEval in the coming weeks, we analyze this ...
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What can the Green Climate Fund learn about innovation from institutional economics: Lessons for multilaterals.
... 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 ... people and innovative projects. Figure 1 below, from the IEU’s accreditation evaluation , shows the ‘climate ...
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What the Green Climate Fund can teach us about multilateral organizations
... colleagues and I at the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the GCF spend a lot of time thinking about the ... that it has built in an accountability structure like the IEU to provide the board with evidence to support its ... can follow him on Twitter @archirastogi You can follow the IEU @GCF_Eval #IEUblog What the Green Climate Fund ...
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Of prayer flags and readiness: Notes from an evaluation mission in Bhutan
... 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 the readiness evaluation by the IEU will be available here later in the year. 1 / 11 ...
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Bridging the Gap between Academia and Policymakers for SDG Implementation Now
... to the IGEE was chosen as the activity for the month’s IEU Interns’ Day programme [2] collectively by me and the other two IEU interns – Zephaniah Danaa and Issahaku Npoagne ... Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund. (2022). IEU Internship announcement. Available here . [3] Sachs, ...
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Often late and costs a pretty penny: do impact evaluations meet the opportunity window?
... 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 ... testing beforehand. Most grant windows (including 3ie and IEU’s LORTA) build in a first formative phase to minimize ...
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Good will hunting: Challenges of theory-based impact evaluations for climate investments in a multilateral setting
In 2018, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) initiated a multi-year Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme to understand what works in climate interventions, for whom, how much and why. LORTA supports...
Document > Other publication
Final report on the independent evaluation of the GCF's Result Management Framework (RMF2019)
This review has two main objectives.
The first is to assess the design, implementation, and utility of the GCF’s Results Management Framework (RMF).
The second is to derive lessons and recommendations based on the...
Document > Evaluation report
Final report on the independent evaluation of the GCF's Environmental and Social Safeguards and the Environmental and Social Management System (ESS2019)
Social and environmental performance and co-benefits are key to the mandate of the GCF and its environmental and social policy (ESP).
The evaluation has three main objectives.
The first is to assess the extent to which...
Document > Evaluation report
Going the Last Mile: Behavioural Science and Investments in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
This paper makes the case for behavioural science analysis and interventions in project design. Current approaches to behaviour change in the GCF portfolio are likely to ignore several psychological barriers. We base...
Document > Learning paper
"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 USD 10 billion received in commitments, this paper examines the GCF’s financial flows over this time. The paper...
Document > Working paper
GEvalNote 03: LORTA 2018
The multi-year Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme keeps track of the impact of GCF investments. Its goal is to assist GCF projects measure their impact in lowering greenhouse gas emissions...
Document > Evaluation brief
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 to inform, among other things, the next update to the strategic plan (USP-2), currently being discussed for the GCF-2 period (...
Document > Evaluation report
Evaluation Operational Procedures and Guidelines for Accredited Entity-led Evaluations
These Evaluation Operational Procedures and Guidelines (‘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...
Document > Policy
Valuing investments in the Global Carbon Market Mechanism as compound real options: Lessons from the Clean Development Mechanism
The Global Carbon Market Mechanism (GCMM) aims to incentivize national or sub-national actors to invest in climate mitigation projects at the same time as limiting the global costs of tackling global warming. Using the...
Document > Other publication
[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 following an approval by the GCF Board in the decision B.34/06 in October 2022. The evaluation will assess the relevance and...
Document > Approach paper
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 achieving desired outcomes at various scales...
Document > Other publication
Independent Evaluation of the GCF's "Health, Well-being, Food and Water Security" Result Area
In decision B.29/01, the Board approved the integrated results management framework, which identifies 8 results areas which originate from the GCF mitigation and adaptation logic models of the initial results management...
Evaluation
Evidence Review on Market-Based Approaches to Mitigation and Adaptation: Approach Paper
A large gap exists between current climate finance flows and the investments needed for climate mitigation and adaptation. The need for investment, in combination with the GCF’s mandate, means the GCF is well positioned...
Document > Other publication
Final report on the Independent evaluation of the Green Climate Fund's approach to the private sector
The GCF is mandated to take a leading role in promoting private sector support for climate finance in developing countries. This evaluation assesses the relevance and effectiveness of the GCF’s approach to the private...
Document > Evaluation report
[Protocol for a systematic review] Effectiveness of life skills interventions for the empowerment of women in developing countries
The evidence gap map on 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...
Document > Other publication
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 and environmental fields in developing countries, this protocol for a systematic review focuses on synthesizing the evidence on...
Document > Other publication
[Systematic review] Behavioural science interventions within the development and environmental fields in developing countries
This paper presents a systematic review on behavioural science interventions in the human development and environmental/climate fields in developing countries. The review synthesizes evidence on five specific...
Document > Learning paper
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 countries. However, to our knowledge, there is no evidence gap map on the effectiveness of interventions to improve women’s...
Document > Learning paper
Effectiveness of life skills training interventions for the empowerment of women in developing countries: A systematic review
The GCF’s approach to mainstreaming gender requires a strong understanding of gender issues and gender capacity, and the Fund’s gender policy sets out a commitment to measure the outcomes and impacts of its activities...
Document > Learning paper
GEvalNote 03: LORTA 2020
The multi-year Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme keeps track of the impact of GCF investments. Its goal is to assist GCF projects measure their impact in lowering greenhouse gas emissions...
Document > Evaluation brief
GEvalBrief 03: LORTA 2020
The multi-year Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme keeps track of the impact of GCF investments. Its goal is to assist GCF projects measure their impact in lowering greenhouse gas emissions...
Document > Evaluation brief
GEvalBrief 03: LORTA 2019
The multi-year Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme keeps track of the impact of GCF investments. Its goal is to assist GCF projects measure their impact in lowering greenhouse gas emissions...
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