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Aligning agendas for climate change mitigation and food security: The race towards 2030
Dr. Lini Wollenberg of the University of Vermont examines the global significance of agricultural and food system emissions, the role of the public and private sector to reduce these emissions and hotspots for action...
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Approaching commodity-driven deforestation
Stephen Donofrio of Forest Trends describes his organization's work with supply chains and the ecosystem marketplace.
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Humanitarian responses to climate change
Dr. Unni Karunakara, Shinhan Distinguished Visiting Professor of Yonsei University, examines how environmental and public health professionals can better respond to humanitarian needs resulting from climate change.
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Climate finance and transboundary risk
Kevin M. Adams, Research Associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), delves into the components of transboundary risk and relation to climate finance.
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REDD+: A global effort to mitigate climate change and protect forests
Juan Chang, Principal Specialist in Forests and Land Use at the Green Climate Fund, provides an overview of REDD+ and its importance in fighting climate change. The talk delves into Juan’s key points on forest...
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Temporal trends in effect sizes: causes, detection and policy implications
Elena Kulinskaya from the School of Computing Science, University of East Anglia, discusses how rapid temporal changes in cumulative evidence are a challenge to policy-making and why it is important to monitor temporal...
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Machine Learning for Evaluating Development
AidData's Seth Goodman examines machine learning in leveraging spatial data for development. His talk focuses on using satellite imagery and machine learning to measure socioeconomic and environmental indicators,...
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The GEF in the changing environmental finance landscape
The Sixth Comprehensive Evaluation of the GEF was conducted by the GEF's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) in 2017. In this presentation, Dr. Juha I. Uitto, the Director of the IEO, focuses on the design, process and...
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Policy options to manage climate risk & food insecurity: Current realities, future potential
Ample evidence suggests climate shocks create and sustain poverty and food insecurity in rural regions of the developing world. Dr. Solomon Asfaw examines the utility of policy instruments such as cash transfers,...
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The Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) ensures GCF is accountable and effective. It conducts independent evaluations of GCF’s activities to guarantee its accountability, and synthesises learnings from these assessments...
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Impact evaluation of climate investment to support Protected Areas
Aaron Zazueta is a former Chief Evaluation Officer for the Global Environment Facility's Independent Evaluation Office where he led a global evaluation of the impact of Protected Areas on biodiversity. This Talk looks...
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Donor competition and Aid effectiveness
Dr. Jae Eun Shin, a senior researcher at the JWLee Centre for Clobal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, presents her research on the effect of donor competition on aid effectiveness, how...
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The marriage of private funds and institutional investors for an impactful climate investment
Mr. Sergio Pombo, GCF's Head of Private Equity Funds, examines concerns about the gap between global climate investment demand and the limited availability of funding channels. Institutional investors manage USD 120...
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The Geospatial Revolution in Programme Evaluation: Data, Methods, Tools and Applications
Dr. Bradley Parks, Executive Director of AidData, provides an overview of Geospatial Impact Evaluations (GIEs) methods and tools which are believed more rigorous than performance evaluations but significantly cheaper...
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Dynamic learning & evaluation: The GCF portfolio and suggestions for ways to improve organizational learning
Dr. Nathan Fiala, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut, and IEU's consultant assessing the evaluability of GCF approved proposals, discusses GCF's...
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Climate + Change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH): Developing resilience-building solutions
Dr. David Molden, Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), discusses how climate change affects HKH and downstream regions, and the strategies used to adapt and build...
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Can cities be climate neutral engines of growth?
Drazen Kucan, GCF's Senior Urban Development and Energy Efficiency Specialist, examines the role cities play in emitting greenhouse gasses. He discusses how we can change and influence transformational pathways for...
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Evaluating the impacts of REDD+ on forests and people
The Center for International Forestry Research discusses how REDD+ jointly affects forests and people at REDD+ sites in Asia, Africa and Latin America. GCF’s Moon Herrick briefly explains the Fund’s position on REDD+...
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Changing Behaviours, Changing Policy – Evidence on Behavioural Insights for Green Growth
By Ms Sara Castro-Hallgren, Programme Expert, UN Project Office on Governance, Co-Chair, Behavioural Insights Research Committee, Green Growth Knowledge Platform
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‘Problems with implementing climate information services’ and ‘Evidence on what works and what doesn’t in translating information into action’
By Dr Joseph Intsiful, GCF's Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, and Dr Jo Puri, GCF’s Independent Evaluation Unit
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Can sales of solar products and services be commercially viable business in poor rural communities? Evaluative evidence from India
By Professor Semee Yoon, Associate Professor, Sustainable Development and Cooperation at Underwood International College and the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University
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How can we evaluate policy effects of Knowledge Sharing Programs?
By Professor Suk-Won Lee, Executive Director, Center for International Development Evaluation, Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University
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Final report on Forward-looking Performance Review of the GCF (FPR2019)
At its twenty-first meeting (Manama, 17–20 October 2018) the GCF Board initiated and approved a review of the GCF and asked the GCF Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) (decision B.21/17) to finalise the process by 30 June...
Document > Evaluation report
Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme
The Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme (RPSP) was launched in 2014. The basis of the RPSP is defined in the Governing Instrument of the Green Climate Fund (GCF): "the Fund will provide resources for readiness...
Evaluation > Programmatic
Independent Evaluation of the GCF's Results Management Framework
The GCF’s Results Management Framework (RMF) was implemented to ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of the outputs, outcomes and impacts of the Fund’s investments and portfolio, as well as GCF’s organizational...
Evaluation > Programmatic
What is the IEU DataLab?
The IEU DataLab provides high-quality data to support the IEU in its rigorous, evidence-based evaluations and continually develops and maintains databases through extracting and updating quantitative and qualitative...
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IEU Terms of Reference
The following objectives of the IEU are derived from the Government Instrument:
Informing the decision-making by the Board and identifying and disseminating lessons learned, contributing to guiding the Fund and...
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Independent evaluation of the GCF's Country Ownership approach
An independent assessment of the Fund’s success in ensuring country ownership will be conducted. Country ownership is a core principle for the GCF. The IEU examines the extent to which country needs and country...
Evaluation > Thematic
Independent evaluation of the GCF's Environmental and Social Safeguards and the Environmental and Social Management System
An assessment of the GCF’s environmental and social safeguards (ESS) including the Environmental and Social management system (ESMS): The IEU assesses the extent to which past and current social and environmental...
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