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The 26th Meeting of the GCF Board was Dr Jyotsna Puri (Jo)’s last as the Head of IEU. Jo was instrumental in the creation and success of the IEU, growing a small team into an office that was among the most active and...

The IEU is excited to announce that we will be hosting two side events in the lead up to the 27th meeting of the GCF Board. Bring your questions and join us!   Side Event 1: How does the IEU DataLab enable and support...

On October 30th, the IEU's Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo) will be a speaker at this year's Sanctuary Global Debate being held by the Sanctuary Nature Foundation. The event is an "Oxford Union-style" debate and will feature six...

Climate change adaptation in low- and middle-income countries: Overlaying the global evidence base with project and investment portfolios The United Nations aims to invest 100 billion dollars annually in climate...

Not another blog! Isn’t measurement old hat? Excitingly, sixteen new Green Climate Fund (GCF) projects have just been invited to the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU)’s Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment (...

In episode 4, we talk to Dr Jyotsna Puri (Jo), the head of the IEU. Appointed by the GCF Board in 2017, Jo built the IEU from the ground up to a team of 28 members today. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that the IEU...

In episode 5, we conclude the second part of our interview with Dr Jyotsna Puri (Jo), the Head of the IEU. Appointed by the GCF Board in 2017, Jo built the IEU from the ground up to a team of 28 members today. She has...

On October 30th, the IEU's Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo) will be a speaker at this year's Sanctuary Global Debate being held by the Sanctuary Nature Foundation. The event is an "Oxford Union-style" debate and will feature six...

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...