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Irrespective of where we start, though, we need thoughtful people in government and policy circles — those who can think out of the box and call bullshit for what it is. It has to start there. In his 1986 essay, ‘On...

This episode of 'The Evaluator' features Professor Hyun Shin, Associate Professor of Marketing at Hanyang University and editor of the Korea edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In the podcast, Professor...

IEU Virtual Talk: An overview of evidence gap and intervention heat maps of climate change adaptation Date: Wednesday, 9 December 2020; 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm KST (9:00 am - 10:00 am CET) Venue: Zoom About the Virtual Talk...

Deforestation and reforestation are not only national challenges, but global issues. Disappearing forests have a considerable impact on the climate and CO2 balance, micro-climate, watershed management and soil erosion....

IEU’s Communications Officer Yeonji Kim talks about her exciting job at the IEU and what career steps she took prior to joining the world’s largest multilateral climate fund, in a recently published blog post (in Korean...

산림파괴 및 황폐화는 국가적 문제일뿐만 아니라 국제적 문제이다. 산림훼손은 지구의 기후, 대기중 이산화탄소 농도, 미기후, 유역관리와 토양 침식 등에 영향을 끼친다. 산림의 기능은 다른 생태계보다 더 생태적으로 다채롭기 때문에 오늘날 전 세계 생물다양성에 크게 기여하고 있다. 하지만 지난 20년동안 산업화와 인구 증가로 산림파괴와 벌채는 놀라운 속도로 가속화 되었다.   식민지 시기...

This episode of The Evaluator features Dr Bernhard Seliger of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, a German NGO with an office in South Korea.  One of the Hanns Seidel Foundation's focus areas is encouraging international...

This episode of The Evaluator features Doug Watkins of the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership, a network of partners working to protect migratory waterbirds, their habitat and the livelihoods of people dependent...

In December, the article Results-Based Payments for REDD+ under the Green Climate Fund: Lessons Learned on Social, Environmental and Governance Safeguards was published by the MDPI Journal on Forests. The IEU's Andreas...

Access to credit doesn’t necessarily lead to the adoption of climate change adaptation. That is the main message from a new report by the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the German...

IEU Virtual Talk: Tackling Climate Change Through Digital Transformation (DX): A Look at Korean Organizations and the SNU Smart Campus Thursday, 28 January 2020 5-6 PM KST  Moderated by Yeonji Kim - Independent...

The Green Climate Fund is a good example of an institution whose built-in learning structures and accountability have allowed it to remain relevant. The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary in September, and with...

On 19 January 2021 (16:00-18:00 UTC), IEU's Andreas Reumann and Archi Rastogi joined, as speakers and panelists, the Gobeshona Global Conference hosted by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This event brought ...

In January, the fifth edition of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report was published. The report looked at the progress in planning for, financing and implementing adaptation, focusing particularly on nature-based solutions....

On January 19 2021, the IEU's Andreas Reumann and Dr. Archi Rastogi participated in a guest panel on loss and damage at the Gobeshona Global Conference. They shared lessons from the IEU's Independent Evaluation of the...

IEU’s Andreas Reumann, at the 27th meeting of the GCF Board (B.27), was officially appointed by the Board as Head ad interim of the Independent Evaluation Unit. Following this decision by the Board and with the...

This episode of The Evaluator features Dr. Ania Grobicki, Deputy Director of External Affairs at the GCF. She was one of the Coordinating Lead Authors of the Freshwater chapter of the UN Environment’s 6th Global...

The IEU was established by the Board of the Green Climate Fund on 13 February 2014. Since then, the IEU has been operating independently as a core structure of the Fund. The IEU is mandated to inform the Board's...

Dr. Nathanial Peterson of Busara shared a case study of how they were able to help an agricultural insuretech improve the sale of crop insurance through a mixed-incentive referral system.   Full video

Join us for our next IEU Virtual Talk on January 25th!  IEU Virtual Talk: Results-based payments: What does the evidence say? Thursday, 25 February 2021 5-6 PM KST  Moderated by Yeonji Kim, Communications Officer,...

Faster, faster, faster! Clock is ticking. With the urgent need to achieve zero-net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, climate practitioners are in a race against time. As UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized...