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Monitoring and evaluation practice can do harm. It can harm:

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The scale and urgency of the climate crisis demands rapid action to prevent a range of consequences – from increased droughts and floods to huge economic losses and more extreme natural disasters.  

You can't have your cake and eat it, too. At least that's what we've always been told.

They say multitasking is counterproductive. But what about trying to achieve multiple environmental and socioeconomic objectives in one project?

My name is Jeneen R. Garcia. I've been a full-time evaluator at the Independent Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility (GEF IEO) for the last seven years.