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The IEU will participate at the 2023 World Coastal Forum, taking place in hybrid format from 25 - 27 September in Yancheng, China. The World Coastal Forum responds to needs expressed by several global environmental...

Summary On 6 September, the IEU held a learning talk on learnings from the IEU’s impact evaluation programme - LORTA - in the form of a roundtable between the Independent Evaluation Unit and Division of Mitigation and...

The IEU will take part in the GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America and Workshop for Direct Access Entities in Latin America and the Caribbean taking place 24 - 28 July in person in Montevideo, Uruguay. During the...

The IEU will take part in the IEU at Green Climate Fund Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific taking place 7 - 11 August in person in Songdo, Republic of Korea. During the event the IEU will host the...

The IEU organized a four-day in-person workshop as part of its Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme. The workshop was designed to support selected accredited entities of the Green Climate Fund...

The IEU organized a four-day online workshop as part of its Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme. The workshop was designed to support selected accredited entities of the Green Climate Fund,...

The IEU organized a three-week long online workshop as part of its Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme. The LORTA impact evaluation workshop is a capacity-building event where participants...

The IEU will take part in the 2nd GCF Integrity Forum taking place 13 - 15 September in person in Bangkok, Thailand. This year’s Forum aims to promote collaborative efforts in tackling integrity challenges in climate...

“Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.” - Roger Tory Peterson, an ornithologist and conservationist.   On Friday 18 August, I went birdwatching together with...

“We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. - Martin Luther King Jr.    Have you ever stood in the frothing shallows at the beach, watching ships slowly cruise the horizon, wondering where...

The IEU will take part in the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Evaluation and Learning Workshop taking place in person from 16 - 18 October in Washington, D.C., United States. This workshop aims to explore and advance the...

The IEU will take part in Global Green Growth Week (GGGW) taking place online and in person from 23 - 27 October in Seoul, South Korea. Global Green Growth Week 2023 will be the forum to share knowledge of scalable...

Summary On 19 October 2023, the IEU held a learning talk on water sector interventions. This learning talk reported on the findings of a systematic review on interventions that aim to enhance adaptive capacity and...

The IEU will organized a side events at B.37, taking place in person from 23 - 25 October in Tblisi, Georgia. IEU Side Event: SPR Case Studies Date & Time: Monday 23 October | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Tbilisi) Format: In...

The IEU’s 2024 Workplan outlining its preliminary evaluation topics for next year and other foreseen activities of the Unit has been submitted in time for the 37th meeting of the GCF Board to take place from 23-25...

Summary On 9 November, the IEU held a Special Learning Talk on Climate Finance Research and the GCF. During the talk, climate finance experts from around the world introduced their latest research on the GCF and topics...

With two performance reviews, three strategic periods, and two replenishments, the GCF is arguably reaching maturity as an institution. There is also a corresponding proliferation of research focusing on the GCF....

Tbilisi, Georgia’s national capital, will be the centre of global attention as the Board Members of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) – the world’s largest dedicated multilateral climate  fund – convene for deliberations as...

#ImpactEvaluation #KnowledgeExchange #GreenPartnership #RealTimeEngagment From 28 to 31 August 2023, the IEU’s Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (LORTA) programme hosted an in-person impact evaluation (IE)...

“Today, only 15% of the SDG targets are on track, and many are going in reverse. The SDGs need a global rescue plan.” - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres -[1]   On Friday, September 15, I visited the Institute for...

On those rare occasions fish swim into our stream of consciousness, we probably think about the gold variety in our fishbowl. Or maybe we’re reminded of the last time we dined at a seafood restaurant. Or perhaps that...

The IEU will organize and take part in several events at the COP28 taking place in person from 30 November to 12 December in the United Arab Emirates. The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention...

The IEU will take part in the IEU at GCF Regional Dialogue with Africa taking place 6 - 10 November in person in Windhoek, Republic of Namibia. During the event the IEU will present at the following session Dialogue...

“The distribution of printed IEU evaluation briefs was a strategic communication approach during 2023 Africa Climate Week.”   Setting the scene: my experience with ‘paperless’ conferences As a professional in climate...