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Good Practice Study on Indicator Principles for Climate Change Adaptation M&E
Over the past years, Climate-Eval has commissioned state-of-the-art studies to facilitate evaluations of climate change mitigation and adaptation. The latest two studies have been
What the Green Climate Fund Can Learn from Climate Investment Funds Evaluation
The evaluation of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) ha
Is Climate-smart development and economic Prosperity Mutually Exclusive?
Many in the Climate skeptic community have peddled the notion that climate-smart development and economic growth are mutually exclusive. And too often, this narrative has dominated mainstream climate change debate.
RB Santos' Guide to a Winning Abstract
The 2nd International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development has been confirmed for November 4-6, 2014 in Washington DC.
Evaluating Impact of Low Carbon Policies and Programs
Low carbon development gained prominence at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen. Since then, many countries have established low emissions growth strategies aligned to their national development plans.
Adjustments to Indian Renewable Energy Policies Could Save up to 78% in Subsidies
Recently, the Government of India announced plans to award licenses for an additional one gigawatt of solar in the next year ?
Lessons from the African Evaluation Conference in Yaoundé
I spent the early part of March in Yaoundé, capital of Cameroon participating in the 7th international conference of the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA).
Big Strides for CIF Measuring and Reporting in 2014
After a year and a half of hard work on creating user friendly monitoring and reporting toolkits, the fruits are beginning to show with all four CIF programs now able to use their toolkits to report FY14 results. It?s been a challenging but rewarding journey!
Wanted: A Simple Measure of Success in a Complex World
Speaking at the World Bank, Ben Ramalingam, author of Aid on the Edge of Chaos set out a challenge to those working in the humanitarian and development fields: Move away from a narrow focus on what we think is important and take a more wide-