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Accountability in Climate Action

Under the second replenishment, to support programming for the period 2024–2027, the GCF’s contributors have pledged a further USD 12.8 billion. By 2030, the GCF aims to be managing USD 50 billion of funds and an ever-...

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Approach paper: Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Approach to Indigenous Peoples (IP2024)

This paper outlines the approach of the Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Approach to Indigenous Peoples (IPs). This evaluation primarily aims to assess the relevance and effectiveness of the GCF approach to IPs. The...

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B.40 Data Outlook: Empowering Climate Action through Evidence and Capacity Building

"The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see." — John Tukey, American mathematician As the crisp autumn breeze settles over Incheon, a sense of anticipation fills the air...

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IEU Newsletter 23
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Approach Brief: Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to Indigenous Peoples (IP2024)

This brief summarises the approach paper for the Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Approach to Indigenous Peoples (IP2024), including the evaluation’s context, purpose and objectives, scope, methods and timeline.

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GEvalNote 20: LAC2024

This 2-pager summarizes the main conclusions and recommendations of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of GCF’s Investments in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) States (LAC2024).

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GEvalBrief 20: LAC2024

This 4-page brief summarizes the key findings and conclusions of the Independent Evaluation of the Relevance and Effectiveness of GCF’s Investments in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) States (LAC2024).

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GEvalNote 19: PPWW2024

This 2-pager summarizes the main conclusions and recommendations of the Independent Evaluation of the Green Climate Fund’s Approach to and Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses.

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Evidence for Climate Action Webinar

COP29 will take place amid competing priorities, limited resources, and no time to waste. Accelerating climate action requires prioritizing interventions that have proved effective. The German Institute for Development...

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Learning Talk: REDD+ and Social Safeguards

Summary The IEU Learning Talk focused on the REDD+ Results-Based Payment (RBP) mechanism under the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Colleagues from the IEU and Secretariat discussed the IEU’s special study on REDD+ RBP...

Event > IEU talk Republic of Korea

Evidence reviews

Overview The IEU believes it is important for the GCF to use global evidence to learn what works, what doesn’t, for whom, why and by how much. The IEU’s evidence reviews assemble global evidence on topics that are...

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Evidence gap map: Effectiveness of forest conservation interventions

This evidence gap map expanded upon a previous study conducted by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation related to forest conservation interventions. This review updated evidence for the period 2016 to mid-...

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Evidence gap map and intervention heat maps: Climate change adaptation in low- and middle-Income countries

This evidence review examined evidence on climate change adaptation interventions and their effectiveness between 2007 and 2018. Results from 464 studies are included in an evidence gap map which shows large disparities...

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Evidence review: Private sector investments in mitigation

This evidence review describes the evidence base on private sector investment in mitigation and assess and describes the modes of funding for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. This evidence review inclufdes an...

Evidence review

Evidence gap map: Forestry

This evidence gap map expanded upon a previous study conducted by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation related to forest conservation interventions in low- and middle-income countries. This review updated...

Evidence review

Evidence gap map: Adaptation

This evidence review examined evidence on climate change adaptation interventions and their effectiveness between 2007 and 2018. Results from 464 studies are included in an evidence gap map, which shows large...

Evidence review

Meta-analysis: Access to credit as a determinant of autonomous adaptation to climate change: A meta-analysis of the evidence

This meta-analysis report builds on the evidence gap map (EGM) and intervention heat map (IHM) that examines the evidence regarding the effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions and linked financial flows...

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Approach paper: Climate change mitigation interventions in the private sector in developing countries

This evidence review describes the evidence base on private sector investment in mitigation and assess and describes the modes of funding for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. The approach paper and approach brief...

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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 is still limited and spread across various sectors and interventions, with most evidence in the energy, industrial and agricultural sectors. The...

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Evidence gap map and intervention heat map: Climate change mitigation interventions in the private sector in developing countries

This evidence review describes the evidence base on private sector investment in mitigation and describes the modes of funding for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

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Evidence review: Results-based payments

Results-based payment interventions involves a funder who agrees to make payments to agents for achieving pre-agreed, verified results. In so doing, result-based payment interventions convene multiple agents to achieve...

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Approach paper: Evidence review on results-based payments

Results-based payments provide funding conditional on actions undertaken by target beneficiaries and verified by third parties. This approach paper outlines that this evidence review will adopt a broad approach to take...

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Evidence gap map and intervention heat map: Evidence review on results-based payments

The evidence gap map presents a systematic, multisectoral search of publications in the academic and grey literature. The search was restricted to quantitative studies published between 2000 and 2020 that assessed the...

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Approach paper: Evidence review on the effectiveness of interventions promoting women's empowerment in developing countries

This evidence review assesses what evidence exists regarding the effectiveness of interventions which seek to promote women’s empowerment. The approach paper details the inclusion/exclusion criteria such as the focus on...

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Systematic review: Scale, depth and duration - Examples of transformational change in the energy and public health sectors

The final report and final brief offer examples of transformational change in the energy and public health sectors at scale, with depth and duration. We identify lessons on transformational change from these two sectors...

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Evidence gap map: Interventions for women's empowerment in developing countries

This evidence gap map plots studies on the effectiveness of interventions for women’s empowerment in developing countries. The evidence gap map shows most evidence is from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, especially...

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Protocol: Effectiveness of life skills interventions for the empowerment of women in developing countries

The protocol for this evidence review describes the selection of life skills interventions for the meta-analysis. It also explains the methods used for the systematic review.

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Protocol: Evidence review on coastal and terrestrial water-sector interventions in developing countries

Global water resources are severely affected by the changing climate. However, our understanding of the impact of key interventions, particularly in coastal zones and certain types of terrestrial water projects, is...

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Systematic review: Coastal and terrestrial water sector interventions in developing countries

Based on a rigorous protocol and companion evidence gap map, our systematic review conducts meta-analyses of water sector interventions in four areas: built infrastructure, nature-based options, institutional...

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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 transitions has come from developed countries. This review is the first to provide a rigorous and precise realist summary of...

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