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Do cities control their own destiny?
Dennis Bours
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One of the underlying assumptions of urban resilience oriented interventions is that cities control policies and vital systems, such as system-level management of infrastructure development, natural resource management, and setting environmental standards.
The GEF in the Changing Landscape of Environmental Finance
Juha I. Uitto
GEF Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO)
Director
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We have recently completed the Sixth Comprehensive Evaluation of the GEF (known by its acronym OPS6).
Formative review of the integrated approach pilot (IAP) programs - Part 2
Dennis Bours
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As part of the GEF-6 replenishment phase, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) introduced three integrated approach pilot (IAP) programs. These programs aim to address global environmental issues more holistically.
Formative review of the integrated approach pilot (IAP) programs - Part 1
Dennis Bours
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As part of the GEF-6 replenishment phase, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) introduced three integrated approach pilot (IAP) programs.
Lessons from FAO forestry evaluations: what is being learned and to what extent is this reflected in decision making?
Serdar Bayryyev
FAO Office of Evaluation (OED)
Senior Evaluation Officer
Eoghan Molloy
FAO Office of Evaluation (OED)
Associate Evaluation Officer
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Forests are recognised as playing a key role in the Paris agreement, and their sustainable management is fundamental to achieving progress towards the SDGs (most specifically SDG 15 for life on land, and SDG 13 for climate action).
FAO adopts new corporate Strategy following Climate Change evaluation recommendations
Serdar Bayryyev
FAO Office of Evaluation (OED)
Senior Evaluation Officer
Eoghan Molloy
FAO Office of Evaluation (OED)
Associate Evaluation Officer
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In July 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published the first FAO Strategy for Climate Change, a new policy document to support countries in further developing their capacities for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the agricultural sectors.
Evaluating the Role of the Private Sector in a Changing Climate
Baljit Wadhwa
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In the run-up towards the GEF's seventh replenishment period (GEF-7 starting in 2018), the Independent Evaluation Office of the GEF undertook an evaluation focused on the GEF's private sector engagement.
Is The Paris Agreement on Shaky Legs? How to Ensure Successful Implementation
Jonas Schoenefeld
Institute for Housing and Environment
Scientist
Andy Jordan
University of East Anglia- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change
Professor
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What is needed to make the Paris Agreement a success? This blog post focuses on one of the most central but underappreciated elements – the periodic reviews of progress. States must of course make ambitious and credible contributions in the first place.
Program evaluations of the LDCF and the SCCF
Dennis Bours
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For those of you who haven't heard of the LDCF and SCCF before; the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) is a climate fund, established during the UNFCCC COP meeting in Marrakech in 2001, that focuses on - among other thing
Evaluation of gender mainstreaming in the GEF - Part 2
Dennis Bours
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The previous blog post was the first one of two posts discussing the recent