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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 provide in-depth analytical materials that complement the main evaluation report. It...
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Scoping Review: What do we know about the evidence base for the SDG Planet Pillar?
This scoping review, commissioned by the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, systematically assesses available evidence from systematic reviews and United Nations evaluation reports related to the Planet Pillar of the...
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Approach Paper of the Third Performance Review
The Third Performance Review of the Green Climate Fund will assess the Fund’s performance during the GCF-2 programming period (2024–2027) and inform the third replenishment and strategic planning for GCF-3. Guided by...
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Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Simplified Approval Process (SAP2025)
The Green Climate Fund’s Simplified Approval Process (SAP) was created to make climate finance more accessible and responsive, thus enabling smaller, lower-risk projects to address urgent climate needs in vulnerable...
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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, and Food and Water Security (HWFW) Results Area (RA), identifying key factors that enable or...
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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)
This Approach Paper outlines the framework, methodology, and analytical pathways guiding the Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to and Portfolio of Climate Information and Early Warning System Interventions (...
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Evidence review: Private sector
The evidence review on the private sector will inform the GCF’s strategic positioning and programming by synthesizing global trends, identifying gaps, and assessing the effectiveness of current engagement strategies....
Evidence review
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), which assessed the Fund’s strategic positioning...
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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 GCF Board, the Third Performance Review (TPR) will assess the Fund’s performance during GCF-2 and inform the third replenishment. This synthesis...
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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, which aimed to reduce deforestation and strengthen climate resilience through sustainable...
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Accountability in Climate Action
... 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.
... 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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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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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 / 0 ...
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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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Measuring resilience: Threading the needle
... Within the large portfolio of impact evaluations under the IEU’s Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment ... more we need evidence of the impact of what we do. The IEU will undertake work on climate resilience to establish a ... future spending on potential humanitarian crises. IEU’s future work includes a workshop that will bring all ...
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Can Conservation and Livelihoods Go Hand in Hand? Causal Evidence from Madagascar
... Landscapes in Eastern Madagascar (SLEM) project, under the IEU’s LORTA programme. This was one of the first impact evaluation projects assigned to me when I joined the IEU in 2023. The question at hand Working on the SLEM ... International between 2018 and 2025. Through the IEU’s LORTA programme, the impact evaluation followed ...
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Desert with a dirt road
IEU staff member Archi Rastogi shares reflection while on an ... here to ask some of these questions as part of an ongoing IEU evaluation. Not a drop to drink During a 5-day official ... changed for anonymity. The visit to Namibia was part of the IEU Independent Evaluation of the GCF's "Health, Well-being, ...
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A sneak peek at GCF’s B.30: Funding proposals, and strategy and policy items for Board discussion
... seeking approval at B.30). This is significant: a recent IEU learning paper analysed, for example, the potential of ... through its current programming period, the findings of an IEU analysis of Board decision-making in GCF-1 are used to ... for transformational change at the Green Climate Fund. IEU learning paper, No. 05, March 2021. Independent ...
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‘Climate-smart’ farming boosts forests, food security in Madagascar
... a warming planet.” Disclaimer: This blog referring to the IEU LORTA report "Impact Evaluation midline report for FP026 ...
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Most SDG targets for Planet Health Not on Track, according to a global evidence synthesis
... independent evaluation unit of the Green Climate Fund (GCF IEU) has served as a Co-Chair for the Planet Pillar ...
Article 
Evaluation must promote sustainable development
... prove helpful in this objective. This is being used in the IEU’s focus on the Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact ...
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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 ... 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
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...
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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
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...
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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 USD 10 billion received in commitments, this paper examines the GCF’s financial flows over this time. The paper...
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