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Real-Time Evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative
David Akana
African Development bank (AfDB)
Senior KM and Communication Specialist
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Launched in 2007, Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) supports efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
Revisiting 2013 AEA Conference
David Akana
African Development bank (AfDB)
Senior KM and Communication Specialist
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About a week ago, the global evaluation community was in Washington DC for the annual American Evaluation Association conference. As one of…
The Theory of No Change
Christine Wörlen
Arepo Consult Germany
Senior Evaluation Consultant
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Christine Woerlen has authored two studies for Climate-Eval Community of Practice (Guidelines to Climate Change Mitigation and Meta Evaluations of Climate Change Mitigation Evaluation). The original version of this article appeared in the…
Debating Independence, Credibility & Use of Climate Change Evaluations
David Akana
African Development bank (AfDB)
Senior KM and Communication Specialist
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Not very often do we talk about independence, credibility and use as challenges of climate change evaluation. Does this in any way suggest that there are no issues of independence, credibility and use of climate change evaluations? I bet no. But what are they?
Right now, the Evaluation…
The Importance of Negative Evidence
Rob D. Van Den Berg
International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS)
President
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Rob Van Den Berg is the Director of the Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office (GEFEO). The original version of this article appeared in the September 2013 edition of Evaluation…
Climate Mitigation Evaluations: Guidelines
David Akana
African Development bank (AfDB)
Senior KM and Communication Specialist
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Berlin-based renewable energy policy expert and former program officer at the Global Environment Facility,Christine Wörlen has detailed out clear guidelines to help those evaluating climate mitigation interventions at local, national, sectoral or global levels.
Titled "…
In India, the Solar Mission is meeting the target for solar PV but not for solar thermal
Gireesh Shrimali
Monterey Institute of International Studies
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In 2010, India's Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) set a target to develop 20,000 MW of solar energy by 2022.
This target was to be achieved in three phases: Phase 1 by early 2013; Phase 2 and 3 by 2017 and 2022 respectively. Phase 1 was further implemented in two batches:…
Could one of the cheapest Concentrated Solar Power plants be a turning point for this technology?
Gianleo Frisari
Climate Policy Initiative (PCI)
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst
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Gianleo Frisari is a fellow at Climate Policy Initiative, an organization that analyzes the effectiveness of the most important energy and land use policies around the world.
Has Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) finally turned the corner, going from an emerging technology (albeit…
Developing countries not yet adapted to floods, droughts and storm, says IEG
David Akana
African Development bank (AfDB)
Senior KM and Communication Specialist
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A new report from the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank, ?developing countries are not yet well adapted even to current climate…
How better monitoring and law enforcement saved 59,500 sq. km of the Amazon - an area the size of a small country
Romero Rocha
Climate Policy Initiative
Jacques Somda
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Regional Program Officer, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation a
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The Amazon is the world?s largest rainforest, but protecting it from illegal deforestation is a challenge nearly as immense as the forest itself. In a previous study, CPI has discussed explanations for a slowdown in the rate of forest clearings observed in the 2000s. In a new study,…